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Trump's U.S. President's entourage is booming as he mentions the possibility of US troop reduction. There is also concern that President Trump is pulling out a USFK reduction card from the presidential election.

Correspondent Correspondent Yunsu Kim in Washington.

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an interview with a German daily newspaper, former US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grinel explained that the reduction of US forces in Germany is a result of President Trump's long-term plans to reduce US forces stationed overseas.

He also mentioned that Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq are included in the plan.

Former Ambassador Greenell served as President of Trump, acting as the head of the US National Intelligence Service overseeing intelligence agencies.

In particular, this remark is focused on the fact that the USFK defense cost-sharing agreement was adrift.

The situation is similar to that of Germany's reduction of US military forces when Germany refused to raise its share of defense expenses.

President Trump admitted in April that he had rejected South Korea's proposal to defend the defense, but he declared that negotiating defense costs and cutting US forces in South Korea were other issues.

[Trump/President of the United States: (April 20) The Defense Cost Sharing Agreement is not a matter of USFK reduction. This is a question of how much Korea contributes to protecting their country.]

However, there is also an analysis that it is difficult to rule out the possibility of taking out the USFK reduction card for the transition, given the unpredictable style of President Trump, as well as the recent reign of the Corona 19 and racist protests.

In response, the Pentagon said there have been no discussions on the reduction, saying that the two countries have reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining the USFK for the defense of the Korean Peninsula.