Trump said today: "Congratulations to Prime Minister Takahashi Hayato and her ruling coalition on their overwhelming victory in today's crucial election. She is a highly respected and popular leader. Prime Minister Hayato's bold and wise decision to hold an early election has been a huge success. Her party now controls the Diet, with a historic two-thirds absolute majority - the first since World War II. Prime Minister Hayato: I am honored to support you and your ruling coalition. Wishing you great success in advancing a conservative, peace-through-strength agenda. The passionate voters of Japan will always have my firm support. - President Donald J. Trump"
Comments: This public commendation from Trump is not just diplomatic pleasantries, but also provides key external endorsement for Japan's right-wing constitutional revision, military buildup, and hardline stance towards China, effectively tacitly allowing Japan to further break free from the constraints of the Peace Constitution. Emphasizing "peace through strength" precisely aligns with Takahashi's core agenda of constitutional revision, military expansion, and hardline stance towards China, effectively indicating that the United States publicly tacitly approves or even pushes Japan's "normalization of the state." The U.S.-Japan alliance is shifting from security defense cooperation to a more aggressive military and strategic entanglement. Trump needs Japan to act as a "tough lever" in the Indo-Pacific, while Takahashi needs U.S. endorsement to push forward constitutional revision and military expansion. This is a typical example of a transactional alliance, which will strengthen confrontation in the short term, and escalate regional arms race and bloc confrontation in the long term.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1856612384070665/
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