{"id":42241,"date":"2018-06-13T14:32:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T14:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/13\/trump-tweet-adds-more-confusion-to-issue-of-pacific-military-exercises\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:40:07","slug":"trump-tweet-adds-more-confusion-to-issue-of-pacific-military-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/13\/trump-tweet-adds-more-confusion-to-issue-of-pacific-military-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tweet adds more confusion to issue of Pacific military exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/06\/12\/trumps-proposed-troop-moves-in-south-korea-raise-concerns-for-lawmakers\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-title=\"\">more confusion to the future of U.S. military exercises in the Pacific<\/a> with comments Wednesday morning stating the country could \u201csave a fortune by not doing war games.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement, made through his Twitter account, comes two days a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/12\/trumps-vow-to-end-military-drills-with-seoul-stuns-a-region\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\">fter his promise to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un<\/a> that America would cease <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/11\/hours-before-historic-summit-mattis-says-alls-quiet-with-north-korean-military\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">some military exercises<\/a> with South Korea in exchange for progress in denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a press conference from Singapore on Tuesday morning, Trump called the exercises \u201ctremendously expensive\u201d and \u201cprovocative\u201d given the tensions in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo under the circumstances that we are negotiating a very comprehensive, complete deal, I think it\u2019s inappropriate to be having war games,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cNumber one, we save money, a lot. And number two, it really is something that I think (North Korean officials) very much appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After lawmakers voiced numerous concerns about that concession, Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Capitol Hill later on Tuesday to downplay the impact of that pledge, saying that regular readiness training and military exchanges will continue with South Korean forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/12\/pentagon-assessing-trump-directive-to-cancel-korea-military-exercises\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163082897748.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to cancel military exercises with South Korea \u2014 what happens next?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Troops are staying put, for now \u2014 but the joint Republic of Korea-U.S. exercises may be canceled.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Pentagon officials said they have no immediate plans to halt any exercises, and South Korean officials said the announcement caught them by surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican senators briefed by Pence said they were still unsure exactly what the president\u2019s promise means. Trump\u2019s Wednesday morning tweet drew criticism from Democrats, who called his remarks rash and naive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI guarantee our military men and women were squirming when President Trump called our joint military exercises \u2018provocations,\u2019\u201d Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese exercises and others that the military conduct around the world are designed to ensure that our service members are fully trained and ready for action. They are not a provocation. Adopting the North Korean view on American military exercises, which President Trump did, is nothing short of a public relations coup for Chairman Kim.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Republicans also voiced worries. Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Marco Rubio, R-Fla., tweeted Tuesday that he is \u201cuncomfortable\u201d with suspending military exercises. Senate Armed Services Committee member Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, told reporters the joint operations are \u201clegal\u201d and said she sees no need to postpone them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But others see more flexibility on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTraining continues, joint exercises can reemerge, if you need,\u201d Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday. \u201cYou do joint exercises to deter the enemy, to say you don\u2019t want to take on the United States and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou got a moment here \u2014 I don\u2019t know how long it will last \u2014 to do something pretty historic. I\u2019m okay with standing down on exercises to give North Korea breathing space to figure out what they want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also took to social media on Wednesday to declare that \u201ceverybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office\u201d because \u201cthere is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea\u201d after the summit this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kim\u2019s gulags, public executions, planned starvation, are legitimized on the world stage. <br><br>U.S. gives up one of our biggest negotiating chips &#8211; military exercises. <br><br>North Korea ends up BACKTRACKING on previous promises on denuclearization. <br><br>What the hell?<\/p>&mdash; Chris Murphy \ud83d\udfe7 (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a 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