This is coolbert:
First we take Berlin, then Seoul and finally Tokyo??
"pony: pony up Slang - - To pay (money owed or due)."
Fourfold?
"Trump Asks Tokyo to Quadruple Payments for U.S. Troops in Japan"
"The move is part of the administration’s campaign to get U.S. allies to pay more for defense. South Korea is also being asked to pony up."
"As Washington seeks to renew de-nuclearization talks with Pyongyang, U.S. President Donald Trump is asking Japan, a longtime ally that the United States leans on for stability in the region, to pay drastically more to cover the cost of a continued U.S. military presence in that country."
ASKS! ASKS! A STARTING POINT FROM WHICH NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN?
See prvious blog entry [with further embedded line] as relevant:
coolbert.
First we take Berlin, then Seoul and finally Tokyo??
"pony: pony up Slang - - To pay (money owed or due)."
Fourfold?
"Trump Asks Tokyo to Quadruple Payments for U.S. Troops in Japan"
"The move is part of the administration’s campaign to get U.S. allies to pay more for defense. South Korea is also being asked to pony up."
"As Washington seeks to renew de-nuclearization talks with Pyongyang, U.S. President Donald Trump is asking Japan, a longtime ally that the United States leans on for stability in the region, to pay drastically more to cover the cost of a continued U.S. military presence in that country."
ASKS! ASKS! A STARTING POINT FROM WHICH NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN?
See prvious blog entry [with further embedded line] as relevant:
coolbert.