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Mark Pocan: “Some of our best trading partners in Japan and South Korea…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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US Rep. Mark Pocan on Trump's conduct toward the war in Iran | Here & Now

Published | Video Starts at 02:21

Yeah, I think this is a signal to the world that don't hate America. There are normal people here. Because what Donald Trump is doing is hurting our place across the globe right now. You know, Some of our best trading partners in Japan and South Korea rely on like 70% of their energy coming through the Straits of Hormuz. The fact that now they're paying the price of Donald Trump's bad decision, the fact that our best allies were not informed going into this, so now they're not participating, which I totally understand. (02:21–02:29)

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