{"id":371053,"date":"2026-08-18T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-says-joint-military-drills-with-seoul-send-a-hostile-signal-to-north-korea-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:00:26","slug":"trump-says-joint-military-drills-with-seoul-send-a-hostile-signal-to-north-korea-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-says-joint-military-drills-with-seoul-send-a-hostile-signal-to-north-korea-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says joint military drills with Seoul send a &#8220;hostile&#8221; signal to North Korea | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/j4tu2Pnk6og\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump says joint military drills with Seoul send a &quot;hostile&quot; signal to North Korea | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j4tu2Pnk6og\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to reduce annual joint military exercises with South Korea on the day they were supposed to start, saying that Seoul won\u2019t help the US in its ongoing war against Iran. He also cited his &quot;very good relationship&quot; with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a reason to scale back the drills. Jenny Town, a leading expert on US-North Korean relations, told DW that Trump\u2019s last-minute change of plans likely won\u2019t be taken very seriously by Pyongyang. <\/p>\n<p>Chapter breakdown:<br \/>\n00:00 Trump orders reduction in military drills with South Korea<br \/>\n02:14 Interview Jenny Town, Stimson Center<br \/>\n02:36 What\u2019s behind Trump\u2019s move, and did it come out of the blue?<br \/>\n04:23 How should South Korea interpret the decision?<br \/>\n07:00 Bromance between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un<br \/>\n09:38 What exactly does Trump want from Kim Jong-un?<br \/>\n11:35 Trump\u2019s incoherent defense strategy<br \/>\n13:07 Interview Professor Hannes Mosler (Institute for Korean Studies, University of Duisburg, Germany)<br \/>\n13:19 \u201cTrump wants a deal with Kim Jong Un\u201d<br \/>\n14:21 Why Trump needs a foreign policy success<br \/>\n15:44 The alliance between Seoul and Washington remains very strong<br \/>\n16:51 Why South Korea shouldn\u2019t \u201cpanic\u201d<br \/>\n18:03 \u201cTrump is repeating what he did with NATO\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews<br \/>\nFor more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to reduce annual joint military exercises with South Korea on the day they were supposed to start, saying that Seoul won\u2019t help the US in its ongoing war against Iran. 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