Trump’s Korean gambit exposes a shifting East Asian order
- When President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to cut the annual United States-South Korea Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) military exercise planned for mid-August from 11 days to five, he laid bare the transactional logic of his approach to East Asia.
- The move blindsided Seoul and drew a calculated rebuff from Pyongyang, underscoring how growing doubts about the US defence umbrella are reshaping strategic calculations across the region.
- Trump framed the reduction as a goodwill gesture towards Kim Jong Un, whom he described as a leader he “knows very well” and with whom he has a “very good relatio
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- When President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to cut the annual United States-South Korea Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) military exercise planned for mid-August from 11 days to five, he laid bare the transactional logic of his approach to East Asia.
- The move blindsided Seoul and drew a calculated rebuff from Pyongyang, underscoring how growing doubts about the US defence umbrella are reshaping strategic calculations across the region.
- Trump framed the reduction as a goodwill gesture towards Kim Jong Un, whom he described as a leader he “knows very well” and with whom he has a “very good relatio
Sources: Al Jazeera