Swordsmyth
11-15-2019, 09:57 PM
The Trump administration is reportedly demanding South Korea pay 400% more for U.S. troops in the region, officials said.
The president’s demands for an increase in spending of about $4.7 billion came as Defense Department Secretary Mark Esper is visiting South Korea to discuss the change in military costs, saying South Korea is wealthy enough to cover what the president is asking for, according to CNN, citing a congressional aide and an administration official.
“Sustaining the costs of our global military presence is not a burden that should fall on the US taxpayer alone but is a responsibility that should be shared fairly with allies and partners who benefit from our presence,” a State Department spokesperson said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Trump is demanding that South Korea pay roughly 400% more in 2020 to cover the cost of keeping US troops on the peninsula, sources say. (Corrects price tag increase percentage) https://t.co/Ozk8vXYZXx
— CNN (@CNN) November 15, 2019 (https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1195316690789289985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Esper said during a joint press conference with South Korean Minister of National Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo that South Korea is a wealthy enough country to foot part of the United States’ bill for military forces in the area, according to (https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/esper-says-s-korea-wealthy-enough-to-pay-more-for-us-troops/) The Associated Press.
“This is a very strong alliance we have, but [South] Korea is a wealthy country and could and should pay more to help offset the cost of defense,” Esper said, adding that while South Korea has given the U.S. “a fair amount of support in the past … most of that money stays here in this country — easily over 90% of that money stays here in Korea, it does not go to the United States.”
Lawmakers and military officials expressed concern with the suddenness of the decision to raise prices so drastically, according to (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/politics/trump-south-korea-troops-price-hike/index.html) CNN. Trump asked for a 50% increase in military spending in South Korea the year before, though South Korea only eventually committed to 8%.
More at: https://www.infowars.com/trump-demands-south-korea-pay-400-more-for-us-troops-report/
This is GREAT, if they pay our budget problems are reduced and if they refuse (which Trump seems to be trying to provoke) then our troops come home and it isn't Trump's "fault".
The president’s demands for an increase in spending of about $4.7 billion came as Defense Department Secretary Mark Esper is visiting South Korea to discuss the change in military costs, saying South Korea is wealthy enough to cover what the president is asking for, according to CNN, citing a congressional aide and an administration official.
“Sustaining the costs of our global military presence is not a burden that should fall on the US taxpayer alone but is a responsibility that should be shared fairly with allies and partners who benefit from our presence,” a State Department spokesperson said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Trump is demanding that South Korea pay roughly 400% more in 2020 to cover the cost of keeping US troops on the peninsula, sources say. (Corrects price tag increase percentage) https://t.co/Ozk8vXYZXx
— CNN (@CNN) November 15, 2019 (https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1195316690789289985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Esper said during a joint press conference with South Korean Minister of National Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo that South Korea is a wealthy enough country to foot part of the United States’ bill for military forces in the area, according to (https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/esper-says-s-korea-wealthy-enough-to-pay-more-for-us-troops/) The Associated Press.
“This is a very strong alliance we have, but [South] Korea is a wealthy country and could and should pay more to help offset the cost of defense,” Esper said, adding that while South Korea has given the U.S. “a fair amount of support in the past … most of that money stays here in this country — easily over 90% of that money stays here in Korea, it does not go to the United States.”
Lawmakers and military officials expressed concern with the suddenness of the decision to raise prices so drastically, according to (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/politics/trump-south-korea-troops-price-hike/index.html) CNN. Trump asked for a 50% increase in military spending in South Korea the year before, though South Korea only eventually committed to 8%.
More at: https://www.infowars.com/trump-demands-south-korea-pay-400-more-for-us-troops-report/
This is GREAT, if they pay our budget problems are reduced and if they refuse (which Trump seems to be trying to provoke) then our troops come home and it isn't Trump's "fault".