U.S. to end large-scale military drills with South Korea

[brooklynite]

Source: NBC News

The U.S. military is preparing to announce that annual large-scale joint exercises conducted with South Korea every spring will no longer be held, according to two U.S. defense officials.

The major U.S.-South Korea exercises are being curtailed as part of the Trump administration's effort to ease tensions with North Korea, the officials said. The exercises — known as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle — will be replaced with smaller, mission-specific training, according to the officials.

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly complained about the large-scale exercises, saying they're too costly and the U.S. bears too much of the financial burden.

The military has carried out the major exercises as much for deterring the North Korean regime as maintaining troop readiness, according to senior defense officials.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/u-s-end-large-scale-military-drills-south-korea-n978111

[murielm99]

1. Oh, fuck you trump.

You weaken us further. 2020 cannot come soon enough.

[duforsure]

2. That's the trump pattern after talking to Putin

Gets nothing but gives up more. I'm tired of this puppet doing this.

[bluestarone]

3. Another decision to

Make America weaker!

[neohippie]

4. Art of the deal

I guess this is another example of Trump's deal making. . .

We are giving NK concessions without getting anything in return except making China and Putin happy

[CDerekGo]

5. Makes me wonder

How much of a kickback is tRump getting for cancelling these Military Exercises?

[Achilleaze]

6. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief is a Surrender Monkey

The republicans are doing their damndest to weaken America and our allies. Deplorable. And dangerous.

[dalton99a]

7. "I hope this pleases you, Chairman Kim"

[Cryptoad]

9. Maybe the Trumpster is getting do more than Grab Kim

nads,,,?? giving away all our leverage!

[lagomorph777]

8. So, no deal. Just a huge giveaway.

Trump must go as quickly as possible. This is getting too dangerous.

[rurallib]

10. So, South Korea is being used as a pawn to patch up his love affair with Kim?

Bet they are feeling good in Seoul tonight.

[Botany]

11. ATTN GOP

He is a Russian agent. What part of that do you not get?

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. Putin's Jedi tricks sure have a strong influence on the weak-minded Trump...

https://qz.com/1304547/trump-stopping-war-games-with-south-korea-was-putins-idea/

[soryang]

13. Or Kim can just fire up the reactors again

and we'll be right back where we were in 2017

[kairos12]

14. Drumpt is a treasonous surrender elephant.

[pazzyanne]

16. I personally prefer "treasonous surrender elephant".

[kairos12]

17. Far better. I will edit.

[Javaman]

15. how long until he withdraws troops...

how long after that does kim invade?

[bringthePaine]

18. wall-uh-wall-uh...

anyone else think a plan is afoot to drop the newly-free-$
into a building plan on our own southern border? just askin'
for a couple hundred million friends...

[EX500rider]

19. While military exercises with allies are a good idea-SK's military budget is larger then NK's GDP nt

[riversedge]

20. Kim is so happy he will send another LOVE letter to Trump