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2019-11-16 China-Japan-Koreas

Trump asked Tokyo for $8 bln to keep US troops in Japan

US President Donald Trump has asked Japan to quadruple its payments for US forces stationed there, Foreign Policy reported, citing unnamed current and former US officials, as Washington presses long-standing allies to increase their defense spending.

Washington wants Tokyo to increase annual payments for the 54,000 US troops in Japan to around $8 billion from about $2 billion, Foreign Policy said, citing three unnamed former defense officials. The current agreement expires in March 2021.

The demand was made to Japanese officials during a trip to the region in July by John Bolton, at that time Trump's national security adviser, and Matt Pottinger, who was then the Asia director for the National Security Council, Foreign Policy said.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-16 05:48|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Impeachable extortion?

Posted by Bobby 2019-11-16 08:22|| 2019-11-16 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Did Hunter serve on board any Japanese companies?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-16 08:39|| 2019-11-16 08:39|| Front Page Top

#3 QUID PRO QUO!!!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-11-16 09:03|| 2019-11-16 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Naaaah - it's extortion, BP!

Posted by Raj 2019-11-16 09:38|| 2019-11-16 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Bribery!

Posted by Frank G 2019-11-16 09:39|| 2019-11-16 09:39|| Front Page Top

#6 And NATO is a Ponzi scheme!

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-16 09:44|| 2019-11-16 09:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Covetous slayers of capricornical vaqueros!

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-11-16 10:15|| 2019-11-16 10:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Why shouldn't Japan pay for its own defense?

Why shouldn't we go even further and make a profit on defending other countries? After all, we're a sucker to do at our own expense. Our money can be much better spent at home where our own people can benefit. We spend trillions defending the borders of other countries but cannot defend our own.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-11-16 11:36|| 2019-11-16 11:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Are you suggesting we mercenary our armed forces for profit, as a national industry and policy, with the government as a business?

Gotta hand it to you Herb, that's quite Hessian.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-11-16 13:30|| 2019-11-16 13:30|| Front Page Top

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