Japan ‘s leader Sanae Takaichi’s new hardline coalition partner empowers her security agenda and allows U.S. President Donald Trump to advocate for increased military spending, though her fragile government could limit the extent of her actions.

Takaichi, an admirer of conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was sworn in on Tuesday as head of a government that is two votes shy of a majority in the decision-making 465-seat lower house.

“She is conservative, wants to increase defence spending, and has styled herself the Japan First candidate. If she has a vulnerability with Trump, it is her relative weakness at home,” said Professor Michael Green, head of the United States Studies Centre in Australia and a former senior U.S. National Security Council official.

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