Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military drills with Seoul hours before start

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Despite US President Donald Trump's order to cut back joint military drills with South Korea, the exercises proceeded as planned. The situation highlights ongoing military coordination complexities between the US and South Korea.

Joint military drills between South Korea and US troops went ahead as planned on Monday despite US President Donald Trump's statement that he had ordered them to be scaled back out of respect for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.