US President Trump Fine With Ending VFA, Says Move Saves US A Lot Of Money
TRUMP FINE WITH ENDING VFA – United States President Donald Trump said that he was more than fine with the Philippine ending the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).
Recently, DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. signed the Visiting Forces Agreement notice of terminations and sent it to the United States.
Following this, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated that the decision of the Philippines to terminate the VFA was a “move in the wrong direction”. However, Trump had a different perspective.
According to a report from Philstar, Trump told reporters: “I never minded that very much, to be honest“.
Trump also noted that the Philippines and the US had a “very good relationship” when it came to military ties. He even cited how the US aided the Philippines in their fight in the battle of Marawi.
But I — I really don’t mind. If they would like to do that, that’s fine. We’ll save a lot of money,
President Donal Trump
You know, my views are different than other people. I view it as, ‘Thank you very much. We save a lot of money
As per the report, President Trump then continued and claimed that the US troops came in and literally, single-handedly, saved the Philippines from the terrorist in Marawi.
However, Trump had also mentioned that he had a good relationship with Duterte.
And my relationship, as you know, is a very good one with their leader. And we’ll see what happens. They’ll have to tell me that
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