{"id":27357,"date":"2026-08-17T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=27357"},"modified":"2026-08-17T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:38:01","slug":"trump-skorochae-navchannya-ssha-koreya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/trump-skorochae-navchannya-ssha-koreya\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump has ordered a reduction in US participation in joint exercises with South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">US President Donald Trump has ordered a significant reduction in American participation in the Ulchi Freedom Shield joint exercises with South Korea. He attributed this to his \u00abvery good relations\u00bb with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the high cost of the manoeuvres and a reluctance to send a \u00abhostile signal\u00bb to Pyongyang. The exercises are not being cancelled, but their final format will depend on decisions by the US military.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump has ordered a significant reduction in the US presence at the military exercises.<\/li>\n<li>The President described the exercises as costly and an undesirable signal to Pyongyang.<\/li>\n<li>Seoul has announced that the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise is proceeding according to plan.<\/li>\n<li>It is not known which units, equipment and operations will be affected by the cuts.<\/li>\n<li>In 2018, some of the allied manoeuvres had already been scaled back following the Singapore summit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trump described the manoeuvres as costly and inappropriate<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> stated that he was dissatisfied with the level of US participation that had previously been agreed. According to him, the manoeuvres entail significant costs and send an \u00abinappropriate and hostile signal\u00bb to North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The President said it was already too late to cancel the training, so he instructed the Minister of Defence <strong>Pitu Hegset<\/strong> significantly reduce their scale. Trump also claimed that, since the start of his presidency, North Korea had allegedly posed no threat and had behaved respectfully.<\/p>\n<h2>Seoul is continuing its training programme<\/h2>\n<p>The South Korean Ministry of Defence has stated that the manoeuvres are taking place in accordance with a previously announced plan. Seoul has not explained how the US directive will affect the number of US troops, military equipment or planned operations.<\/p>\n<p>Ulchi Freedom Shield is an annual joint exercise during which the allies practise their response to an escalation on the Korean Peninsula. The programme covers scenarios involving missile and drone attacks, cyberattacks, electronic warfare and disruption to satellite navigation systems.<\/p>\n<p>The planned field exercises included joint high-precision strikes and manoeuvres, the crossing of a water obstacle, and the distribution of pre-positioned supplies. It is now up to the US military to determine which of these components will be revised.<\/p>\n<h2>Pyongyang had threatened to step up its deterrence ahead of the manoeuvres<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/pivnichna-koreja-vypustyla-raketu-usa\/\">North Korea<\/a> It traditionally describes the large-scale US-South Korea military exercises as preparations for an invasion. Ahead of this year\u2019s manoeuvres, Pyongyang accused the US, South Korea and Japan of forming a military alliance and threatened to strengthen its own deterrent forces.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has a precedent in Trump\u2019s first presidential term. Following his meeting with <strong>Kim Jong-un<\/strong> In Singapore in 2018, the Pentagon suspended Ulchi Freedom Guardian and two other US Marine Corps exercises indefinitely, citing the need to support diplomatic efforts with North Korea and to coordinate with Seoul.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump has ordered a reduction in US participation in military exercises with South Korea, describing the manoeuvres as costly and an undesirable signal to North Korea.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":27356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0422\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043f \u0434\u043e\u0440\u0443\u0447\u0438\u0432 \u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0448\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0443\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0421\u0428\u0410 \u0443 \u043d\u0430\u0432\u0447\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f\u0445 \u0437 \u041f\u0456\u0432\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u044e \u041a\u043e\u0440\u0435\u0454\u044e, \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0432\u0448\u0438 \u043c\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0440\u0438 \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0431\u0430\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0441\u0438\u0433\u043d\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043c \u0434\u043b\u044f \u041a\u041d\u0414\u0420.","rank_math_title":"\u0422\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043f \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u043d\u0430\u0432\u0447\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0437 \u0421\u0435\u0443\u043b\u043e\u043c \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0431\u0443 \u0437 \u041a\u0456\u043c\u043e\u043c","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0422\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043f","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[806757],"class_list":["post-27357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-806757"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27358,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27357\/revisions\/27358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}