VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-20
“We have 39,000 soldiers over there, guarding you from Kim Jong Un, your next-door neighbour, and you’re not going to help us on a very easy military operation in Iran? That’s strange.”
Donald Trump · said 2026-08-17 · reported 2026-08-20
President Trump criticized South Korea to reporters in the Oval Office for declining to support US operations in Iran.
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