Jeffrey Hornung is the fellow for the Security and Foreign Affairs Program at Sasakawa USA, a US nonprofit institution providing research and analysis of the US-Japan relationship. The views expressed are his own.
(CNN) The cavalry is coming! Not exactly, but the sentiment of reassurance is the same. This week, US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives in Asia to visit South Korea and Japan. Two stalwart US allies, policymakers in both capitals have nevertheless been shaken by statements Donald Trump made while campaigning for President. None of these was more dramatic than the suggestion that these allies should pay more for US troops or risk having these forces withdrawn.
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