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Commentary: Can the U.S.-Japan alliance survive Donald Trump?

2017-02-13 09:22:50       source:Chicago Tribune

February 10, 2017


"Concerned. Anxious. Confused. Perplexed. These are the most common adjectives I heard in Tokyo from Japanese officials and experts who are trying to understand the Trump administration's approach to foreign policy and what it might mean for them.


They are concerned about President Donald Trump's statements during the campaign — and for the last 30 years — denigrating U.S. alliances and bashing Japan, and wonder whether Trump understands the value of the alliance at all."


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