Trump says US will scale back military drills with South Korea

South Korea said Wednesday that joint military exercises currently underway with the United States were being scaled back after President Donald Trump, citing his “very good” relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, ordered that they be reduced.

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President Trump announced over the weekend that he's ordered the Pentagon to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, saying that the country recently declined to join U.S. efforts to denuclearize Iran. CBS News' Nancy Cordes reports.

Trump said he was unhappy about the drills that are designed to prepare for a possible attack by Pyongyang.

Trump says US scaling back military drills with Seoul hours before start

Trump said he was "not happy" that the United States had previously agreed to participate in joint military exercises with South Korea

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclearize Iran