TOKYO, June 22, 2021—It’s peanuts but still taxpayer money wasted to host the former U.S. president who arbitrarily demanded that Japan pa more to fund the U.S. troops stationed in the host country.
On June 22, 2021, the cabinet of PM Suga affirmed that former PM Shinzo Abe wasted nearly $400,000 for hosting Trump in May 2019: A golf play for two; informal dinner with Abe; the cost for a bilateral summit; and Trump’s accommodations at a Tokyo hotel.
Those costs did not include security, which must have been double or triple the $400,000.
Trump demanded that Abe agree to foot more costs for keeping U.S. troops in Japan during his stay, in return for pampering him with Kobe beef dinner and other treats.
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