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Trump orders Pentagon to scale back South Korea military drills hours before scheduled start
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to cut back joint military drills with South Korea hours before their scheduled start, stating that talking to Kim Jong Un makes the region safer and citing South Korea's decision to stay out of the Iran conflict.
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Trump ordered the Pentagon to cut back military drills with South Korea hours before they were scheduled to begin.
- 1h agoTrump announced the US will reduce military drills with South Korea because it stayed out of the Iran war.
- 1h agoTrump announces a reduction in US military drills with South Korea.
- 2h agoTrump says talking to North Korea's Kim Jong Un makes South Korea safer.
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- · Trump stated that talking to Kim Jong Un makes South Korea safer.
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- · Trump announced the US will reduce joint military drills with South Korea because South Korea stayed out of the Iran war.
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- · Trump ordered the Pentagon to cut back joint military drills with South Korea hours before they were scheduled to start.
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- · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has responded to diplomatic overtures from Donald Trump.
- · President Trump is shifting his geopolitical policy stance regarding North and South Korea.
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- · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has responded to diplomatic overtures from Donald Trump.
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- 5:00 AM
Trump ordered the Pentagon to cut back military drills with South Korea hours before they were scheduled to begin.
- 3:50 AM
Trump announced the US will reduce military drills with South Korea because it stayed out of the Iran war.
- 3:50 AM
Trump announces a reduction in US military drills with South Korea.
- 2:40 AM
Trump says talking to North Korea's Kim Jong Un makes South Korea safer.
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- What the specific nature or content of Kim Jong Un's response is.
- Whether any source independent of Trump's statement confirms that Kim Jong Un responded.
- What diplomatic overtures Trump made and when.
- How the Pentagon will implement the sudden order to scale back the military drills.
Update & correction history
- 5:00 AM
Trump ordered the Pentagon to cut back military drills with South Korea hours before they were scheduled to begin.
- 3:50 AM
Trump announced the US will reduce military drills with South Korea because it stayed out of the Iran war.
- 3:50 AM
Trump announces a reduction in US military drills with South Korea.
- 2:40 AM
Trump says talking to North Korea's Kim Jong Un makes South Korea safer.
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