Biden Pledges Not to ‘Extort’ South Korea With Troop-Cut Threats
- Comments appear in a contribution to Yonhap News Agency
- Seven-decade alliance shows strains under Trump administration
Biden and Trump sparred over North Korean policy at their final debate, with the president trumpeting his personal diplomacy -- including three meetings with leader Kim Jong Un -- for preventing a war.
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pledged not to use the threat of cutting U.S. troop levels in South Korea as a bargaining chip, after the Trump administration has demanded Seoul pay far more for American protection.
Biden said if he wins the U.S. election next week, he won’t be “extorting Seoul with reckless threats to remove our troops,” according to a special contribution he made to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency published on Friday.