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Donald Trump: “South Korea should pay us and pay us very substantially for protecting them.”

On the recordJanuary 5, 2016
South Korea should pay us and pay us very substantially for protecting them.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Trump argues that South Korea should financially contribute more for U.S. military protection.

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