{"id":142521,"date":"2026-08-18T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/18\/trumps-threats-to-seoul-may-be-worse-than-their-bite-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:30:00","slug":"trumps-threats-to-seoul-may-be-worse-than-their-bite-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/18\/trumps-threats-to-seoul-may-be-worse-than-their-bite-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s threats to Seoul may be worse than their bite &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQTGVFQWxQcVg5T3ZWTUt4QUVVb1J3TnN5WnJFYjY1TFBkSUx6TGg5RXJqNmt6SkhiY3FRU09SbjdSLUJNMm1xb2xZT1doTmRGQnEySzVqY3lJWXJLQkN3X0tmbEVHZXBraUFES0ZYRS1tX0ZQT0NWX19rbzdEV1JnM1pWbzRHdXhHSl9ja3BB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s threats to Seoul may be worse than their bite<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPS0hHcURzLTMtaWtPNTNVV3Bzanp0ekxlMFpTQXJYZ2VTbGozaDFnOGYzOTgzSzZxUzFGd3Bvb3c4aUlObGJZaDREVTRVeGNFdl9Jc3NiUTBfb1BkakRkRko5M1cwWTZYdTBvTWI4Z1Y3RW9pWEJhU2R0WTZBSjlobGstcldGOC1scUwtZlRjYTVxSV9NMnl6cVU0Wm05MTluWnVKZjBxZUJUd3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">S. Korea stresses US alliance amid confusion over Trump drill cut<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQdDQyV2hsaVh6YmRlZ1JicEJuYUgxZjJreWhUWHhCQkxJNnc5UHNYZDlqVVNkTm85Y3MyVDJCdWtzVHEtYlF6WWVGcDR3WFZuUm5LRDhBTU5Sbnh5RkFDMnBMZFBZMlpSbFJfTTd0NjRmd2FiN1BJZS1KZWVIenlYUkJkc1ZOekxzNnljcmRkaERNRUFG0gGaAUFVX3lxTFBZekQzdG1HM205aHcyUWs1cnNzWWowZUxCZ0tqcmhlY3FGMGFQQk5JVEtxZHp2UUxLM1d4ZnV3dU84Uk5yTThfdzJWRkRFVzlCUm5EY3cyaG5WWVVWdVJsazF4S1hfTEJySEtVblFSZnVxRnJuemo4R3BxOXAwOUVBWG1zQWVQWW5DRHhKTldSNGxCY19MM05GNFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">South Korea must brace for \u2018worst-case scenario,\u2019 President Lee says, as Trump cuts military drills<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQMG1fMlJhVHBiT1FxMWZnVWdDaXQxZjZORnE1Tl80dDNLX1ZnWDV5bnNRTHU3Rk9GLTFwZFVXNmJwWkYyRmphZkZYeHQ0OC1sVGFJc0ZQZ1NNUGU5alhXOWFUUWFkS0hFN1FnV0I1S0xPTUZ6VFN4Q3VsSjkxbFpWRFM5UGk0NFFSNFJJbVYwRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Facing Quagmire in Iran, Trump Turns to a Familiar Face: North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong-un<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxNYV9rbEsyeWsyZlV5blBaeUtoaWtQOVVtcElxbWtrUTk3YWFuT012Zy1XeUJpMFZXWWlvMVNNbnVWdm9aYlpDLW5rYW50SjNJT1h4S2tvY01xd2hfaXdZNmZTVkpTaXY0Z2lHcWtsNmI0ZGxxdWN0SUlCZGhwaGhXLVlYd2o4X1EtSnYtSWxTRzRyMnJqdGpkRFhqT2xldFFULU9vNXc2U0RYZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion | Trump inverts his own foreign policy mantra<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s threats to Seoul may be worse than their bite&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico S. Korea stresses US alliance amid confusion over Trump drill cut&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR South Korea must brace&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/18\/trumps-threats-to-seoul-may-be-worse-than-their-bite-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}