NEWSNATIONNOW (Trevor Hunnicutt) - Trump says Kim Jong Un has responded to him
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump was asked why Kim had not responded to Trump's overtures. "He has," he answered, without providing any further details.
YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - Trump orders Pentagon to scale back on South Korea
President Donald Trump ordered Pentagon to scale back on South Korea exercises. Trump posted on Truth Social: "Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful. Therefore, and based on the fact that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint…
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - ‘Jagged’: Joe blasts Trump for scaling back military exercises with South Korea
The AP reports that, on Sunday, President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual military exercises with South Korea because, he said in a Truth Social post, South Korea refused to help with “denuclearization” efforts against Iran. Joe blasts the move, calling it part of a pattern of the president’s “jagged” foreign policy.
NYTIMES (Choe Sang-Hun) - Trump’s Overture to North Korea Strains Alliance With the South
President Trump wants to curtail military exercises with South Korea, saying they were hostile to North Korea. But under Mr. Kim, the North has become increasingly belligerent toward the South.
NYTIMES (Helene Cooper) - Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
President Trump explained the decision by saying South Korea had declined to help with the "denuclearization" of Iran and he cited his good relationship with North Korea's leader.
STRIPES - Trump calls North Korea ‘unthreatening,’ orders reduction in South Korea military drills | Stars and Stripes
President Donald Trump said that he has ordered the Pentagon to substantially reduce joint military training with South Korea.
YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - BREAKING: Trump tells Pentagon to pull back joint South Korea military exercises
LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is speaking with national security analyst Hal Kempfer as President Donald Trump reportedly has called for the United States to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea. Trump said Sunday that his decision surrounds denuclearizing Iran and his positive good relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Trump said in a social media post that the exercises set to begin this week are not only costly but “send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile” to North Korea. “Therefore, and based on the fact that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises!” Trump said.
ABCNEWS - Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said South Korea declined to help denuclearize Iran
YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - South Korea calls for talks to finally end the Korean War
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is calling for new mechanisms to ease tensions with North Korea, including talks aimed at formally ending the Korean War. LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall spoke about the push for peace, and if it's something Kim Jong Un would consider, with retired Marine intelligence officer Hal Kempfer