U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/trump-jailing-democrats-threat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #chicago #portland #usmilitary #donaldtrump #immigration
A Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact is a "brass-tack” evaluation of its affordability and whether the agreement fits with President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy priorities, a Defense Department nominee has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/politics/pentagon-review-aukus-nominee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #usmilitary #aukus #defense #us #uk #australia #congress #submarines
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump labeled Chicago a "war zone" as a justification for deploying soldiers there, while a judge blocked the White House from sending troops to Portland. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/politics/trump-us-cities-war-zones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #chicago #portland #usmilitary #donaldtrump #immigration
U.S. President Donald Trump rewrote Washington’s rules for dealing with China in his first presidency, upending decades of policy. In his second term, China hawks fear that Trump is going soft. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/china-hawks-trump-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #uschinarelations #tech #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #pla #usmilitary #defense
China is transforming parts of its east coast into a platform for potential missile strikes against Taiwan and the nearby seas — a move crucial to bringing Taipei under Beijing’s control and fending off U.S. forces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/china-missiles-threatening-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #missiles #usmilitary #asia #indopacific #defense
A federal judge has temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to the city of Portland while a lawsuit challenging the move plays out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/trump-national-guard-portland-blocked/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #portland #usmilitary #immigration
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has deployed "special assets" in response to what he called Washington's arms build-up in the South, state media reported Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/north-korea-special-assets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #us #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #donaldtrump #usmilitary
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump plans to call up 300 members of the state’s national guard, defying opposition from local and state leaders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/politics/chicago-trump-national-guard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #immigration #us #chicago #usmilitary #donaldtrump
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth advocate a more militaristic approach to military preparedness with an inward-looking defense strategy focused on domestic issues while sidelining global threats and alliances. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/10/03/trump-and-hegseth-address-to-military-officers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #us #usmilitary #defense #donaldtrump #china #petehegseth #indopacific
With remarks about making U.S. cities “training grounds” for the military, it would be easy to overlook another signal in Trump’s speech to U.S. commanders — his foreign policy is about to turn even more inward-looking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/world/politics/trump-national-defense-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #usmilitary #defense #donaldtrump #china #immigration #petehegseth #indopacific
President Donald Trump told top military brass that the U.S. is fighting an "invasion from within,” as he used a highly unusual gathering of officers stationed around the world to deliver a largely political speech. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/world/politics/trump-hegseth-military-speeches/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #petehegseth #donaldtrump #us #usmilitary
#Trump & #Hegseth #military address🤬🧵
#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth addressed the gathering of military leaders earlier.
He assailed what he called "decades of #decay" caused by policies promoting #diversity & #inclusion in the #USmilitary.
"Foolish & reckless political leaders set the wrong compass heading & we lost our way. We became the 'Woke Department,'" Hegseth said as he kicked off the event in Quantico, Virginia.
"But not anymore," he said.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is renewing a push for the U.S. to change a decades-old phrase describing its stance on Taiwan independence, a concession that would be a major diplomatic win for Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/politics/xi-trump-china-taiwan-independence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #pla #usmilitary #us #xijinping #donaldtrump #trade #uschinarelations
Colombia's president has used opposition to Donald Trump to burnish his image as a leftist David confronting Goliath — resulting in his U.S. visa being revoked. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/world/politics/colombia-trump-regional-rift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #colombia #donaldtrump #southamerica #caribbean #venezuela #un #us #usmilitary #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #latinamerica
Donald Trump said he was directing the U.S. military to deploy to Portland, Oregon, and authorizing them to use "full force, if necessary." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/world/politics/trump-portland-us-forces/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #usmilitary #portland #us #ice #immigration
Venezuelan fishermen in the south Caribbean keep a nervous eye on the horizon as they ply their trade in the same waters where U.S. forces have recently blown up small, alleged drug boats, occupants and all. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/world/venezuelan-fishermen-us-military/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #usmilitary #fishing #venezuela #drugs
A U.S. judge rejected a bid by China-based DJI, the world's largest drone maker, to be removed from the U.S. Defense Department’s list of companies allegedly working with Beijing’s military. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/asia-pacific/dji-pentagon-chinese-military-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #us #usmilitary #pla #drones #dji
U.S. military leaders deployed around the world have started to prepare to travel to Virginia for a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which some officials billed as a gathering focused on the "warrior ethos." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/world/politics/us-military-leaders-meeting-hegseth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #usmilitary #petehegseth #donaldtrump
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister condemned upcoming joint military drills by South Korea, the U.S. and Japan as a "reckless show of strength" that would bring "bad results." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/north-korea-military-exercises/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #kimyojong #kimjongun #northkorea #nuclearweapons #southkorea #usmilitary #sdf #defense
The Defense Ministry plans to have the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Chokai test-fire a U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missile in the United States by next summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/japan/msdf-chokai-test-fire-tomahawk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defense #msdf #missiles #aegis #usjapanrelations #sdf #usmilitary #china #northkorea #russia