Trump announced South Korea “has agreed to pay substantially more money” to the U.S. government “to defend itself” from Kim Jong Un’s regime in North Korea
That launch marked the fourth round of weapons tests by North Korea in two weeks. Trump has largely brushed off the demonstrations amid an apparent standstill in nuclear negotiations with Kim,Friday that the “missiles tests are not a violation” of talks between the two leaders or the agreement reached during their Singapore summit in June 2018.
“Chariman Kim has a great and beautiful vision for his country, and only the United States, with me as President, can make that vision come true,” Trump. “He will do the right thing because he is far too smart not to, and he does not want to disappoint his friend, President Trump!” The president has long complained that the U.S. bears too much of the financial burden for its overseas military deployments and has previously singled out South Korea specifically as a nation that should pay more for the thousands of American troops stationed there.
Trump has similarly prodded NATO members for a greater contribution, threatening to pull out of the trans-Atlantic military alliance if other states continue to spend less than the agreed upon 2 percent of their respective gross domestic products on defense.
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