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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMilitary nor South Korea were not aware of Trumps gift of stopping military exercises.
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Army Col. Chad Carroll, a spokesman for U.S. Forces Korea, says they've received no official updated guidance on execution or cessation on any upcoming training exercises."
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Yup, a clusterfuck.
GoCubsGo
(32,128 posts)Loads of empty promises, with no thought going into them. Nothing but a big act, as usual. It was just another show for his cult followers, who are convinced he actually did something other than knocking down the straw man he set up a few months ago.
I wonder how Otto Warmbeir's family feels right now.
MaryMagdaline
(6,869 posts)They rejoiced at this meeting and havent figured out yet that Trump will abandon the entire Peninsula and say it was because South Korea fails to pay US for security.
procon
(15,805 posts)obligations between So Korea and the US. Trump would need Congress to unwind that sort of thing. The US maintains several military bases and port facilities that probably factor into monitoring the activities of our foes in that part of the world, and their loss would impact our national security.
Blue_Adept
(6,414 posts)Man, there'd be a stack of impeachment articles drawn up from here to the moon and back since 1/20/17.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)People like John McCain would be the first calling for impeachment.
John is awful quiet this morning like his godforsaken party!
The GOP is hung over celebrating the victory of killer dictatorship over democracy and the rule of law I guess.
manor321
(3,344 posts)This is the type of news we'll see for days.