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Donald Trump: “South Korea agreed to pay for that during my last term. And…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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BREAKING: Trump Takes Question After Question From Press During Meeting With South Korea's President

Published | Video Starts at 18:02

Well, I would say that now because we've been friends and we're friends. And look, we have a lot of people. We have over 40,000 troops in South Korea. As you know, South Korea agreed to pay for that during my last term. And then when Biden came in, they complained to Biden that I wasn't a nice person. And he agreed not to pay. He gave up billions of dollars. We were getting paid billions of dollars. But then Biden ended that for Whatever reason, it's unbelievable that he did. (18:02–18:11)

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Asserts that South Korea agreed to pay for U.S. troops during his term, but Biden ended that agreement.

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