{"id":109434,"date":"2018-06-12T12:16:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T12:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/12\/pentagon-assessing-trump-directive-to-cancel-korea-military-exercises\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:19:33","slug":"pentagon-assessing-trump-directive-to-cancel-korea-military-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/12\/pentagon-assessing-trump-directive-to-cancel-korea-military-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to cancel military exercises with South Korea \u2014 what happens next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=9d17dedf-76b8-4616-9afa-5198e7caf146\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-9d17dedf-76b8-4616-9afa-5198e7caf146.png\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On the heels of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un, President Trump called for the end of &#8220;provocative&#8221; military exercises with South Korea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon is now working to implement President Donald Trump\u2019s direction that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/16\/this-is-the-military-exercise-that-has-kim-jung-un-spooked-and-may-throw-a-wrench-in-trumps-historic-summit\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">cancel joint exercises<\/a> with the Republic of Korea following Trump\u2019s historic summit with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2018\/06\/11\/ahead-of-trump-kim-summit-heres-a-look-at-north-koreas-missile-tests\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder the circumstances, we are negotiating a comprehensive and complete deal [on denuclearization]. It is inappropriate to have war games,\u201d Trump said in a press conference following the summit in Singapore. \u201cNumber one, we save money. A lot. Number two, it is really something they very much appreciated.\u201d<br><\/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\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/03\/will-we-stay-or-will-we-go-a-look-at-removing-us-troops-from-south-korea\/\" 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\/South-Korea-training.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\">Will we stay or will we go? A look at removing US troops from South Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Trump said recently he would consider removing U.S. troops to get a better trade deal with South Korea.<\/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\">In that press conference in Singapore, Trump also said that he would like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/18\/us-forces-in-korea-arent-packing-up-just-yet-heres-why\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\">withdraw the thousands of U.S. forces stationed on the Korean Peninsula<\/a>, but would start with cancellation of military exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to get our soldiers out,\u201d Trump said in Singapore. \u201cI want to bring our soldiers back home. We have 32,000 soldiers in South Korea. I would like to be able to bring them back home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However the president added that at present, \u201cthat\u2019s not part of the equation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt some point, I hope it would be. We will stop the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money,\u201d Trump said. \u201cUnless and until we see the future negotiations [with North Korea] is not going along like it should. We will be saving a tremendous amount of money. Plus, it is very provocative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"apester-media\" data-media-id=\"5b203074ed4c5314a686450f\" height=\"440\"><\/div><script async src=\"\/\/static.apester.com\/js\/sdk\/v2.0\/apester-javascript-sdk.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokeswoman for U.S. Forces-Korea said that the military had not been planning for cancellation of the exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the South Korean government issued a statement that Trump\u2019s decision on the exercises had caught them by surprise, the New York Times reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUSFK has received no updated guidance on execution or cessation of training exercises \u2014 to include this fall\u2019s scheduled Ulchi Freedom Guardian,\u201d U.S. Forces Korea spokeswoman Lt. Col. Jennifer Lovett told Military Times in a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn coordination with our ROK partners, we will continue with our current military posture until we receive updated guidance from the Department of Defense and\/or Indo-Pacific Command,\u201d the statement said.<\/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\/11\/hours-before-historic-summit-mattis-says-alls-quiet-with-north-korean-military\/\" 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=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18162538004150.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\">Hours before historic summit, Mattis says \u2018all\u2019s quiet\u2019 with North Korean military<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Defense secretary says he sees no heightened state of readiness.<\/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\">The U.S. conducts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/24\/ahead-of-summits-us-tones-down-war-games-with-south-korea\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">two major joint exercises with South Korea<\/a> each year, Ulchi Focus Guardian, which is scheduled for this August, and Key Resolve\/Foal Eagle in the spring. This year\u2019s Foal Eagle was pushed back to de-conflict it with the Winter Olympics. A part of that exercise, Max Thunder, irked the North Korean leader to the point that he cancelled one of the pre-summit talks with South Korean president Moon Jae-In. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercises \u201cdo take months to plan but they happen every year so the logistics have been ironed out over the years and it\u2019s easy enough to flex as needed,\u201d Lovett said. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s decision comes a day after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that withdrawal of U.S. forces from Korea wasn\u2019t a point of negotiation with North Korea, and that it was a decision that would be made between the South Koreans and United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2018\/06\/12\/trumps-nominee-for-ambassador-to-south-korea-was-a-vocal-supporter-of-joint-military-drills\/\" 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=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/korea.jpg_6a005e.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\">Trump\u2019s nominee for ambassador to South Korea was a vocal supporter of joint military drills<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. President Trump is calling on the military to suspend joint military exercises with treaty ally South Korea on the eve of the confirmation hearing for his prospective ambassador to the country.<\/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\">A Pentagon spokesman, Lt. 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