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Created: 2025-07-12 12:00:01 UTC

🇺🇸🇨🇳 US TO JAPAN & AUSTRALIA: IF WE FIGHT CHINA, YOU IN?

Elbridge Colby, the under-secretary of defense for policy, is reportedly pressing Japan and Australia to spell out their game plan if things get messy over Taiwan.

Sources say the ask blindsided both allies, especially since the US won’t even say if it would show up to the party.

Japan was so unimpressed it canceled a major meeting after Colby threw in a bonus demand: more defense spending, right before their elections.

The Pentagon insists it’s about “fairness” and prepping for the worst. But let’s just say the group chat is getting awkward.

Source: Financial Times

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