Former U.S. President Donald Trump slammed the South Korea-US joint military exercises.
Former President Trump showed off his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a video posted on his social media account TruthSocial on the 13th (local time), revealing a negative view of the ROK-US joint military exercises.
Former President Trump said, “North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and I got along very well,” and said, “This is a good thing, not a bad thing.”
“I got along very well with him during my time as president,” he said.
It is former President Trump’s message that Chairman Kim “felt threatened.”
Former President Trump also raised his voice, saying, “While I continued to express my dissatisfaction during my tenure as president, South Korea paid little for this incredibly expensive and provocative training.” This reveals the profit-and-loss-based alliance view he emphasized during his tenure.
He continued, “They (Korea) have to pay (the training cost).” He also said, “(When I was in office) they (Korea) started paying a very large cost, but the Biden administration didn’t ask for anything.”
Former President Trump said, “There was no follow-up (in the Biden administration),” and “This is very ridiculous. We are putting 35,000 soldiers at risk.”
“I signed a deal whereby South Korea, a very rich country, pays us billions of dollars outright,” he claimed.
“And when I left (the presidency) and a new group entered (the White House), they seem to have forgotten about it,” he said. “What a shame.”
Former President Trump has been dealing with alliances from a perspective based on profit and loss during his tenure. He frequently pressured South Korea and Japan, as well as North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO · NATO) allies, to raise defense cost-sharing.
He has made it official that he will run for president in 2024 after the US midterm elections in November last year. The video on this day is also interpreted as part of an election campaign to rally his supporters.
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Source: Donga
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