Trump must resist South Korea’s call to cancel military drills

Published December 20, 2017 9:30pm ET



President Trump and his national security team should do all they can to dissuade President Moon Jae-in of South Korea from cancelling joint military exercises. The South Korea leader wants exercises to be suspended until after February 2018’s Winter Olympics.

Speaking to NBC News on Wednesday, Moon said, “It is possible for South Korea and the U.S. to review the possibility of postponing the drill, I have made such suggestion to the U.S., and the U.S is currently reviewing.”

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