Trump order to scale back S. Korea-US drills raises alliance concerns

US President Donald Trump’s order to “substantially” reduce joint South Korea-US military exercises has raised questions over whether the allies can again scale back major drills as they did during his first term, while triggering sharp criticism from South Korea’s main opposition party over the Lee Jae Myung administration’s handling of the alliance. Trump said Sunday that he had instructed the Pentagon to reduce the exercises, calling them costly and saying they send a “totally inappropriate a