Trump says US to scale back military drills with South Korea after it stayed out of Iran war

President Donald Trump has said the US will "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader UN" class="entity-link entity-person" data-entity-id="142103" data-entity-type="person">Kim Jong UN."These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday.He also noted that South Korea had recently declined to join the US in the "denuclearisation" of Iran.The decision comes after Pyongyang this month conducted ballistic missile tests that are banned by the United Nations. Trump said in his social media post that it was "too late to cancel", as the US and South Korea were due to start their annual military exercises on Monday.He added: "While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, 'No thanks!'"Last week, US and South Korean military leaders held a joint press conference announcing Ulchi Freedom Shield.They said the 11-day event would be similar in scale to previous years, with about 18,000 South Korean soldiers participating.