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Following a North Korean missile test, Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Abe spoke briefly to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Trump's full statement:

"I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United States of America stands behind Japan, it's great ally, 100 percent."

Abe called the launch "absolutely intolerable."

Trump says U.S. has Japan's back

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Following a North Korean missile test, Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Abe spoke briefly to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Trump&#x27;s full statement:<blockquote>&quot;I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United States of America stands behind Japan, it&#x27;s great ally, 100 percent.&quot;</blockquote>Abe called the launch &quot;absolutely intolerable.&quot;

China is becoming the most formidable rival America has faced, and the risk of confrontation with Russia, North Korea or Iran still looms. Authoritarians are rising, the chaotic Afghanistan exit revealed the limits of U.S. power, and the pandemic, climate change and other critical challenges continue to pose grave threats.

Trump says U.S. has Japan's back

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