https://drudge.com/user/Arbusto New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/293938/trump-scales-back-joint-military-exercises https://www.wesh.com/article/trump-scales-back-us-south-korea-military-exercises/73446771 President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said South Korea declined to help denuclearize Iran. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mta4i3myyk2y" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihnjzrslzru27rpfnxsje53wpicgywttlluftkky3lyqfcwhlkk2q" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">NEWS: Trump says he has ordered Pete Hegseth to "substantially reduce" joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, citing his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump says he is helping North Korea because South Korea refused to join his failed war against Iran.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn/post/3mta4i3myyk2y?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- MeidasTouch (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn?ref_src=embed">@meidastouch.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn/post/3mta4i3myyk2y?ref_src=embed">5:19 PM &Acirc;&middot; Aug 16, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:30:54 -0400 Arbusto https://drudge.com/news/293938/trump-scales-back-joint-military-exercises#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293938 news, 0.5 daily 293938