{"id":156203,"date":"2026-08-18T01:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156203"},"modified":"2026-08-18T01:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:32:23","slug":"trumps-decision-to-scale-back-south-korea-drills-unsettles-asian-allies-makes-no-senseunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156203","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s decision to scale back South Korea drills unsettles Asian allies: \u2018makes no sense\u2019United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostPresident Donald Trump\u2019s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a long-time ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere.<br \/>\nTrump explained his decision by citing South Korea\u2019s refusal to join his war against Iran and pointing to what he said was his good relationship with North Korea\u2019s reclusive dictator Kim Jong-un, a transactional and personal approach to foreign policy that has defined&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/east-asia\/article\/3364352\/trumps-decision-scale-back-south-korea-drills-unsettles-asian-allies-makes-no-sense?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostPresident Donald Trump\u2019s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a long-time ally but&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156203"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}