Media: Trump demanded that Seoul and Tokyo sharply increase spending on the US contingent

This was reported by Foreign Policy with reference to former and current government officials.

It is noted that in July, during a visit to Japan, John Bolton, who served as adviser to the President of the United States on national security, conveyed to the Japanese authorities a request to increase the cost of maintaining 50,000 American troops four times.

It is noted that a similar proposal was made for South Korea. In order to extend the presence of 28.5 thousand American troops on its territory, Seoul was proposed to increase spending by five times.

Earlier, Donald Trump said that Washington had to increase spending in the military sphere because of Russia and China.