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United States has decided to cut a third of US troops stationed in Germany. Then President Trump said:

[Trump/US President: Germany is not paying. I don't want to be'Hogu' anymore. The United States has been in use for 25 years.]

I don't want to be a good friend, and in writing this harsh phrase, he said he would cut down on US forces because Germany paid less for the defense, or less money. As we are in the process of negotiating defense expenses with the USFK, it is a story that cannot be seen only from other countries.

If so, whether the US can do the same for Germany, reporter Kim Hye-young has heard from government officials and experts.

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Two months after President Trump's orders, a plan to cut a third of US troops in Germany came out.

[Esper/U.S. Defense Secretary: Germany decided to adjust troops to 11,900 troops.]

Trump, who has constantly complained that there are rich countries with less money, less defense, and only US military protection, pushed down the cuts as an example. I attached it.

Although it may take several years for the actual reduction due to the consciousness of the U.S. presidential election, there are concerns that Trump shakes the USFK reduction card, even as we are slow in defense negotiations.

The government first drew a clear line on USFK reductions.

[Moon Hong-sik/Deputy spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense: (Korea-US) has a strong consensus on the role and importance of the USFK. .]

Experts also point out that the USFK in Europe and the USFK in Asia are incomparable in the strategic value of China and North Korea checks.

[Park Chang-Kwon/ Defense Research Fellow, Defense Research Institute: The United States currently regards China as the biggest threat and challenge, and the USFK base is playing a very important role.]

However, strengthening the global circulation deployment rather than the built-in garrison It's definitely a strategy.

At present, negotiations on defense costs between Korea and the United States are largely different in terms of impressions, and both sides of the war are continuing.

Therefore, until the conclusion of the defense cost negotiations, Trump seems likely to continue to use the issue of the US military operation strategy of strengthening flexibility as an election issue for pressure to reduce money if not paid.

(Video editing: Oh No-young)