Trump Announces Suspension of U.S.-South Korea ‘War Games’

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President Trump announced Tuesday morning that the U.S. would suspend joint military exercises with South Korea on the Korean peninsula, at least during peace talks with North Korea.

“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. But we’ll be saving a tremendous amount of money, plus I think it’s very provocative,” Trump said at a press conference in Singapore.

“Under the circumstances that we are negotiating a very comprehensive, complete deal, I think it’s inappropriate to be having war games,” he said, using North Korea’s preferred description of the military exercises.

But Trump said the U.S. would not reduce the presence of some 32,000 U.S. soldiers in South Korea.

“I’d like to be able to bring them back home, but that’s not part of the equation right now,” he added….”

READ MORE:  http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/12/trump-announces-suspension-of-u-s-south-korea-war-games/

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Denuclearization: President Trump and Kim Jong Un End Historic Summit With Signing Ceremony

“Kim expressed gratitude for the historic meeting.

“Today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind and we are about to make a historic change,” Kim said. “I want to express my gratitude to President Trump to make this meeting happen.”

President Trump confirmed he plans to meet with Kim “many times” in the future and held a press conference to close out the summit. He also said the U.S. will stop military exercises with South Korea and said eventually the U.S. could pull troops out of the region completely….”

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