Addressing reporters after the Hanoi summit,... President Trump aired his grievances over the heavy cost of joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises.<br /><br /> "You know we're protecting South Korea I think they should help us with that. So those exercises are very expensive. <br />Exercising is fun and it's nice, so they play the war games and I'm not saying it's not necessary."<br /><br /> American media outlets are reporting the annual South Korea-U.S. military drills may be reduced in scale moving forward.<br />Citing unnamed U.S. officials, Reuters reports that the upcoming joint exercise in spring will be smaller than previous years.<br /> NBC reports Washington is preparing to say the large-scale exercises will be replaced by smaller, mission-specific training.<br />It said the decision may be a part of President Trump's efforts to ease tensions with North Korea,... although it raises questions on the state of U.S. combat readiness. <br />
