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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 DeathMonkey on Wednesday June 20 2018, @06:29PM
So Bill Clinton gave him everything and he got nothing in return!?! How inexperienced.
Nope, the NK submitted to nuclear inspections in return for that concession:
The government announced Wednesday that a major U.S.-South Korean military exercise will be deferred until late this year and could be canceled altogether as a gesture of goodwill to North Korea in exchange for a new international inspection of North Korean nuclear facilities.
U.S.-SOUTH KOREAN EXERCISE PUT OFF AS GESTURE TO NORTH (1994) [washingtonpost.com]