Trump orders Pentagon to 'substantially' reduce S. Korea-US military exercises

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has instructed the Pentagon to "substantially" reduce joint South Korea-US military exercises, in what appears to be a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea. Trump made the remarks in a social media post, saying the exercises are not only "costly" but also send a "totally inappropriate and hostile" signal to the North. The post came as Seoul and Washington kicked off their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which Pyongyang has long decried as re