President Moon Lists U.S. Weapons Purchases to President Trump
It appears that the ROK strategy for not paying more for USFK cost sharing is to imply that they may reduce their purchase of U.S. weapons if they pay more:
President Moon Jae-in outlined to U.S. President Donald Trump Korea’s plans to purchase many American weapons over the next three years as they held a summit in New York on Monday.
A Blue House official told reporters that Moon during the talks briefed Trump on Seoul’s weapons purchases over the past decade and “also plans for our purchases for the next three years.”
Moon is expected to have explained to Trump Seoul’s purchase of American weapons systems between 2009 and 2018. This is likely to have included the acquisition of 40 F-35A Lockheed Martin stealth fighters and three American-made Aegis combat systems, worth some $6.279 billion, according to data by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri).
During the 10-year time frame, Korea ranked as the fourth-largest U.S. weapons importer, following Saudi Arabia, Australia and the United Arab Emirates, according to Sipri data.
Joong Ang Ilbo
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I hope that President Trump explains to Chairman Moon the cost of lives and the burden on the American tax payers during and after the Korean police action.
Korea ranked as the fourth-largest U.S. weapons importer following Saudi Arabia, Australia and the United Arab Emirates…
Saudi is our largest weapons importer (and the UAE our third largest)?
That’s the real story here.
The REAL story is…
What is Australia doing with all those weapons?
Like the Koala, they have no natural enemies.
CH, they have to defend against the New Zealanders, who continue to call the area north of Van Diemne’s Land “The West Island” in a blatant attempt to wrest control and acquire a bigger source of scenery for heroic fantasy films.
@Doug
President Moon should explain to Chairman Trump the cost of the U.S. action of indiscriminately bombing Korean people, over 3 million dead comparable to Holomodor in death count.
Koala bears all have herpes…so when Australia take precautions.
As far as 3 million nK dead, don’t start nothing, won’t be nothing….and the corollary, don’t start what you can’t finish.
@Kravata
President Trump should explain to Chairman Moon what can happen again if North Korea progresses to credible threat.
CH, Good point about Australia. 😆
@Flyingsword
Yes, label all dead Koreans as North Koreans despite the U.S. indiscriminately bombing Korean civilians from both sides. The U.S. as usual interfering into matters of other countries then cries foul and bitches about other countries interfering in theirs as way to return favor, for example Russia when there was revolution and America send soldiers there interfering in internal matters of a country.
@ChickenHead
President Moon should explain Chairman Trump what happens when one country interferes in matters of others and hasn’t learned from such repeatedly, the U.S. learned nothing from Korean War and repeated same with Vietnam War and practically does same with Afghanistan War. Idiots.
Yawn… 🙄
“President Moon should explain Chairman Trump what happens when one country interferes in matters of others and hasn’t learned from such repeatedly, the U.S. learned nothing from Korean War and repeated same with Vietnam War and practically does same with Afghanistan War. Idiots.”
Don’t worry. American will fail at nation-building… but will leave a trail of wreckage in whatever country catches its attention.
The key is not catching America’s attention.
So tell us more about what uppity yapping country needs some good old failed nation-building.