"President Joe Biden’s willingness to quickly accept smaller increases is cast by the State Department as evidence that the Biden administration wants to repair relations with key allies in East Asia.
Overall, South Korea will be paying about 44% of the overall cost of having American troops based on the peninsula, not counting U.S. military and civilian salaries. The State Department said that is similar to Seoul’s share over many years.". -AP
"The U.S. accepted a troop-funding increase from South Korea significantly less than demanded by the Trump administration.
The cumulative increase will still fall far short of the $5 billion former President Donald Trump had sought to pay for the some 28,500 American military personnel and other assets in South Korea." - Bloomberg
Deal maker? More like capitulated to a worse deal, short-changeing US troops.