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yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:32 AM Aug 2016

Trump aide: No Japan exit by U.S. military

8:50 pm, August 25, 2016
By Satoshi Ogawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Washington Bureau ChiefWASHINGTON

— Michael Flynn, foreign policy adviser for U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said U.S. forces stationed in Japan will not be withdrawn from the country if Trump is elected president.

Trump previously hinted that he may consider withdrawing U.S. forces stationed in Japan.

During an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun on Tuesday, Flynn indicated that Trump would demand Japan shoulder increasing costs for U.S. forces stationed in Japan and hold an honest discussion on the matter.

Flynn was once considered a candidate for vice president. He is highly trusted by Trump and appears to exert a significant degree of influence on Trump’s foreign and security policies.

“The U.S.-Japan alliance will strengthen under a Trump presidency because of his focus on strengthening the U.S. economy. When the U.S. economy is strong, we will all benefit. The world will benefit and certainly the U.S.-Japan alliance will benefit,” Flynn said during the interview.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003173599

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Trump aide: No Japan exit by U.S. military (Original Post) yuiyoshida Aug 2016 OP
Another Trump flip-flop pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #1
We are never, ever going to leave Japan. GOLGO 13 Aug 2016 #2
Trump has every position on every issue with no rational as to why he had each position Johonny Aug 2016 #3

GOLGO 13

(1,681 posts)
2. We are never, ever going to leave Japan.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 10:20 AM
Aug 2016

Our alliance to each other is rock solid & forevermore eternal.

Johonny

(20,675 posts)
3. Trump has every position on every issue with no rational as to why he had each position
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 10:56 AM
Aug 2016

He's the ? candidate.

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