Trump Administration Agrees to Supply More Military Equipment to South Korea, Japan
The White House is allowing Japan and South Korea to buy “substantially” more military equipment from the U.S., President Donald Trump said in a tweet Sept. 5. Trump has provided “conceptual approval” for the purchase of “many billions of dollars’…
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worth of military weapons and equipment” from the U.S. by South Korea, the White House said in a readout of a Sept. 4 call between Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-In. A National Security Council spokeswoman said the “conceptual approval” means Congress would also have to sign off on the transaction before the equipment is exported. Days earlier, Trump threatened to cut off all U.S. trade with North Korea’s trading partners after that nation’s latest nuclear test in another tweet. "The United States is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea," Trump said in the Sept. 3 tweet.