Trump cuts US-South Korea military drills citing ‘good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ | First Thing

President said he was ‘not happy’ with plans for large-scale joint exercises he described as ‘inappropriate and hostile’. Plus, how five obscure horses have ended up at the center of a transatlantic betting mysteryGood morning. Donald Trump has said he is scaling back joint US military drills with South Korea aimed at deterring North Korea, despite military officials from both countries warning that Kim Jong-un’s regime is learning new battlefield tactics from the Ukraine war.The president said he was “not happy” with US participation “based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong-un”. He added that the drills were costly