I just watched an interesting interview where Trump harshly criticizes Japan, South Korea, and NATO for not contributing enough on defense issues. What caught my attention most was his analysis of Japan: he mentions that the country gets 93% of its oil from the Middle East and that both nations depend on that region for nearly 45% of their employment. However, when they ask these allies for help, he says they do not respond.

The argument is quite straightforward: the United States maintains 45,000 troops in Japan and 50,000 in South Korea to protect them, but when it requests support, it receives little. The same applies to NATO, where he claims they have spent nearly one trillion dollars in a very short period.

Regarding oil prices, Trump predicts they will eventually fall, though he admits it won't be immediate. He uses the example of the Dow Jones reaching 50,000 as a reference that his predictions are coming true faster than expected. He says the increase in gasoline prices has been less than he anticipated.

What’s interesting is that he mentions that even if prices rise, the priority remains preventing certain countries from obtaining nuclear weapons. It’s a clear political analysis of international alliances and their costs for the United States. Japan is definitely at the center of this debate about shared responsibility in regional security.