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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday June 20 2018, @11:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the next-up-is-monopoly dept.

The Pentagon confirmed Monday that major U.S. military exercises this summer in South Korea would be suspended, following President Trump's decision.

'We will be stopping the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money, unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going along like it should,' Trump told reporters after his meeting last Tuesday with Kim in Singapore. 'But we'll be saving a tremendous amount of money. Plus, I think it's very provocative.'

foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/18/pentagon-confirms-halt-august-war-games-with-south-korea.html


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Thexalon on Wednesday June 20 2018, @03:13PM (2 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Wednesday June 20 2018, @03:13PM (#695611)

    Trump got something out of it: In his own mind and the minds of his believers, he got to look like a great diplomat on TV, and present further evidence that either he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize or the Nobel committee are a bunch of liberals who didn't give him one because they don't want to acknowledge his greatness.

    None of that really does anything for the US, South Korea, Japan, or anyone else, but Trump by all appearances believes that what's good for Trump is good for America.

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  • (Score: 2) by arslan on Thursday June 21 2018, @07:44AM (1 child)

    by arslan (3462) on Thursday June 21 2018, @07:44AM (#696086)

    Eh? The South Koreans seemed happy about it... as someone with families living around the SE Asian region, lots of folks seem happy about a positive shift compared to the long stalemate. Many are hopeful.

    You seem to be making a lot of assumptions about a lot of people from an armchair half way across the world..

    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday June 21 2018, @02:27PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Thursday June 21 2018, @02:27PM (#696191)

      The South Koreans seemed happy about it.

      Mostly because Trump's actions didn't undo what the South Korean leaders have been trying to do recently, namely negotiate a permanent peace. They're rather keen on doing that so that (a) their citizens can reunite with family members on the other side of the DMZ, and (b) it's less likely they'll all die in a nuclear fireball.

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