Defense Secretary Disputes Media’s Claims of Cost Plus 50 Strategy
If the US Defense Secretary is to be believed, the recent media reports of the Trump administration pushing a Cost Plus 50 strategy are fake news:
Anchor: The acting U.S. defense chief has flatly denied media reports that the Trump administration is set to demand U.S. allies to pay 150 percent of the base costs for hosting American forces.
KBS World Radio
Choi You Sun has more.
Report: Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that Washington will not impose a U.S. troop payment of “cost-plus-50” on its allies in Asia and Europe.
[Sound bite: Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan]
(Sen. Dan Sullivan: So those reports in the press, all over the press, are incorrect?)
“They’re erroneous. We’re not going to run a business, we’re not going to run a charity. The important part is that we.. people pay their fair share and payment comes in lots of different forms, could be contributions, like in Afghanistan.”
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