Trump Expresses Discontent Over Military Exercises, Downgrades Costly Programs
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When the USS George Washington, the U.S. Navy’s only aircraft carrier based in the Western Pacific, departed the region last week to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East, it signaled to many that the administration’s priorities were not in the Pacific.
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In a Truth Social post Tuesday, Trump said he was unhappy with the "costly" exercises and that he had directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to significantly reduce them, touting his "very good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump also pointed out that South Korea had rejected his request to send military forces to assist the U.S. in its "denuclearization" of Iran.
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President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 33 percent amid the ongoing war with Iran, with recent surveys showing declining support among several key blocs that helped propel him back to the White House.
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01 Newsweek President Donald Trump has given skeptics of his Indo-Pacific policy more ammunition to pronounce dead the U.S. pivot to Asia, this time by calling war games with ally South Korea "inappropriate and hostile" to the North and its strongman leader Kim Jong Un.
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02 Washington Times Culture President Trump wants the Senate to take up a House-approved bill to make daylight saving time permanent and end the semi-annual clock changing ritual.
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