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US President Donald Trump questions South Korea's decision not to assist the United States in Iran, pointing to the American military presence on the Korean Peninsula.
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00:00South Korea has been protected by us for many, many years.
00:03And during my first term, they agreed to pay close to $3 billion a year for protection.
00:09Because we don't, you know, they essentially weren't there.
00:12And I asked them to do that at my request.
00:14I said, not right.
00:15They weren't happy about it, but they agreed.
00:18I asked for $10 billion.
00:22And they were very unhappy.
00:24But we agreed for a short term there would be $3 billion,
00:27and the next year would go up, and the next year would go up.
00:29So they start paying for their protection.
00:32When I called recently the president of South Korea, who I like, I think he's very nice, actually.
00:39But I called him.
00:40I said, would you like to give us a little hand?
00:41We don't need help with Iran.
00:43But if you'd like, give us a hand with Iran.
00:46He said, no, thanks.
00:48And I said, wait a minute.
00:49We have 39,000 soldiers over there guarding you from Kim Jong-un, your next-door neighbor.
00:56And you're not going to help us on a very easy military operation in Iran?
01:02That's strange.
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In the remarks, Trump says the United States has protected South Korea for many years and discusses what he describes as South Korea's financial contributions toward that protection.

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