Trump wants US allies investing in military support

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points to a reporter in Washington.
Electoral-- Donald Trump thinks the U.S. gains nothing from having forces stationed in countries such as South Korea and Japan, and he would press allies to shoulder more of the costs if elected president, the front-runner for the Republican nomination told the Washington Post on Monday.

     "I think we were a very powerful, very wealthy country," Trump said. "And we're a poor country now. We're a debtor nation."

     The real estate magnate argued that the U.S. is "constantly ... sending our ships, sending our planes, doing our war games" but gets "reimbursed a fraction of what this is all costing."
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     "I would go in and I would structure a much different deal with [U.S. allies], and it would be a better deal," he said.

     Asked about the NATO alliance, Trump said it "is costing us a fortune," suggesting that Washington might ratchet down its contribution should he become president. He contended that Germany and other nearby countries should stand up to Russia over its intervention into Ukraine.

     On the battle against the Islamic State radical group, also referred to as ISIS, Trump said he would "knock the hell out of ISIS in some form" but "would rather not do it with our troops." He would not deploy a nuclear weapon against the organization, he said.

     Trump recently advocated for a 45% tariff on Chinese exports.

     "China is unbelievably ambitious," he said Monday, adding that "they have drained so much money out of our country that they've rebuilt China."

     The Washington Post called Trump's policies "unabashedly noninterventionist," describing the candidate as more interested in rebuilding domestically than nation-building overseas.

     Trump also listed for the first time his five-member team of foreign policy advisers, led by Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions. The group includes national security and energy experts.
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