Trump says he rejected sum South Korea offered for defense costs
09:27, 21/04/2020, TuesdayU: Update: 09:30, 21/04/2020, Tuesday
REUTERS
File photo: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019.
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."