North Korea says Trump's scale-back of joint military exercises with South Korea 'changes nothing'

Critics slammed the Trump administration over its surprise pull-back from the planned drills with South Korea, stressing that the move is yet another example of the US turning its back on its allies, hurting its credibility in the international arena.

President Trump instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with long-term Asian ally South Korea.

President Donald Trump is scaling back joint exercises with South Korea as his war against Iran stretches the limits of the U.S. military

UNITED STATES President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the ally declined to help with the war against Iran and citing his good relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Mr Trump said in a social media post that the exercises, which began today