WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had rejected a sum offered by South Korea in response to his demand that Seoul pay for a larger share of the cost of U.S. military forces deployed in the country.
“Now they’ve offered us a certain amount of money and I’ve rejected it,” Trump said at a White House news conference.
“We’re defending a wonderful nation. We’re asking them to pay for a big percentage of what we’re doing. It’s not fair. … It’s a question of will they contribute toward the defense of their own nation.”
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Sandra Maler)
