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Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea - AP News

Published by Associated Press By Konstantin Toropin, Alanna Durkin Richer · 17 August 2026 at 01:16
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Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea - AP News
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President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclearize Iran. Trump said in a social media post on Sunday that the exercises slated to…

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