Chinese officials reacted with disgust when Defense Secretary James Mattis announced Saturday the United States would defend Japan-controlled islands claimed by China and deploy missile defense in South Korea.
Mattis, according to The New York Times, told Japanese officials Saturday morning that the U.S. defense responsibilities of Japan expanded to the debated rocky station posts known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan.
Mattis, who made his remarks at a Tokyo news conference, said that China’s territorial declaration to nearly all of its waters “has shredded the trust of nations in the region.” Sec. Mattis discussed Article 5 of the United States-Japan treaty, which obligates the the U.S. defend Japan or its territories that it controls against an attack.
Yes, Trump will need to make himself popular by starting a war. Killing Chinese, Iranians or some other brown people will really rally his base as his approval continues to drop. It worked for Bush, at first.
ReplyDeleteGallup - he's up a point today at 44% - lowest in history for any president at this point.
We'll be at war, or close to it, within a year.
You're such a coward. Your president was the first president to be at war throughout his eight years . . . . the first. So take your hypocrisy and fear mongering elsewhere.
DeleteTrump - new poll
ReplyDeletehttps://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/06/poll-trumps-approval-rating-sinks-to-record-low-after-second/21707482/
Same AOL that had Hillary 11 points up in June of 2016? NONE of your polls were accurate. Stop quoting them.
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