Trump says US will reduce size of 'Ulchi Freedom Shield' US-Korea military exercises because South Korea didn't help US in Iran War (thelemmy.club)

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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 Military Exercises! While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, “No thanks!” Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117107215379637520

https://nitter.net/RapidResponse47/status/2089099940328796395#m

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-instructs-pentagon-reduce-military-exercises-with-south-korea-2026-08-16/

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[-] dead@hexbear.net 16 points 17 hours ago

On the top of Trump's "very good relationship with Kim Jong Un". DPRK posted a commentary on the 2024 US presidential election. The commentary says that Trump tried to be personal friends with Kim Jong Un but his policies towards DPRK were the same as any other US president. Trump is a fake friend.

Amid the full-dress presidential election race in the U.S., Trump, who has been officially confirmed as a candidate for the Republican Party, said in his speech of acceptance for candidate that "I got along with them and it is nice to get along with someone who has a lot of nuclear weapons and otherwise", thus buoying a lingering desire for the prospects of the DPRK-U.S. relations. Even if any administration takes office in the U.S., the political climate, which is confused by the infighting of the two parties, does not change and, accordingly, we do not care about this.

It is true that Trump, when he was president, tried to reflect the special personal relations between the heads of states in the relations between states, but he did not bring about any substantial positive change.

He that puts on a public gown must put off a private person. The foreign policy of a state and personal feelings must be strictly distinguished.

https://hexbear.net/post/3054729

Then 1 year ago, Kim Yo Jong, who is now the Director of the General Affairs Department of the WPK and also sister of Kim Jong UN, said that the personal relationship between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump is "not bad". However, if Trump's intention is to denuclearize DPRK, then the personal relationship is a mockery.

I do not want to deny the fact that the personal relationship between the head of our state and the present U.S. president is not bad.

However, if the personal relations between the top leaders of the DPRK and the U.S. are to serve the purpose of denuclearization, it can be interpreted as nothing but a mockery of the other party.

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