I'll write them a letter saying 'We thank you very much. We know you can't do the kind of things that we need. And therefore you'll pay 30%, 35%, or whatever the number is that we determine.' Because we also have a very big trade deficit with Japan.
Trump discusses trade tariffs on Japan during a flight on Air Force One.
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We’ve done all of it. Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Their missiles are just about used up or beaten.
Let South Korea, you know, we only have 45,000 soldiers in harm’s way over there, right next to a nuclear force — let South Korea do it.
I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America's military objectives shortly, very shortly.
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