south korea doesn t cut it anymore. he told them quote, it s a horrible deal and we are going to renegotiate that deal or terminate it. and then quoting here, asked when he would announce his intention to renegotiate the deal trump said quote, very soon. i m announcing it now. very soon. three, two, one. now! i am here by threatening south korea in the same interview in which i m warning about a possible military conflict with north korea. just covering all my bases at once. i i m no expert on foreign policy. i m no expert on, you know, issues with the korean peninsula. i m no expert on this kind of brinksmanship but this to me is absolutely flabber gasting. i would like to speak to an expert on these matters. is this some kind of three dimensional chest move that naive laymen idiots like me don t get? if there s an advanced strategy,
oh, and by the way, he also said we re tearing up our trade deal with south korea. what? president trump told reuters the free trade deal between u.s. and south korea doesn t cut it anymore. he told them, quote, it s a horrible deal and we re going to renegotiate that deal or terminate it it, quoting reuters here. asked when he would announce his intention to renegotiate the deal. trump said, quote, very soon. i m announcing it now. very soon. three, two, one. now! i am hereby threatening south korea in the same interview in which i m warning about a possible military conflict with north korea. just covering all my bases at once. i i m no expert on foreign policy. i m no expert on, you know, issues with the korean peninsula. i m no expert on this kind of brinksmanship, but this to me is absolutely flabbergasting.
in the midst of all this the american president has come out and attacked south korea. huh? in that same interview in which he made those comments about maybe we re going to have a major conflict with north korea, he started questioning why the u.s. is even bothering to pay for the missile defense system in south korea. i informed it would be appropriate if they paid. it s phenomenal. shoots missiles out of the sky. so phenomenal that why are we paying for that? you should pay for that. oh and by the way, he also said we re tearing up our trade deal with south korea. what? president trump said the free trade deal between the u.s. and south korea doesn t cut it anymore. he told them quote, it s a horrible deal and we are going to renegotiate that deal or terminate it. and then quoting here, asked when he would announce his intention to renegotiate the deal trump said quote, very soon. i m announcing it now.
concessions on trade for some symbolic actions. we re sort of seeing the emerging trump doctrine. we re seeing the contours of it. what do you make of it? is that fair? i don t know that there s a doctrine yet. to the extent there s, it seems very situational. one minute, we re not touching anything. he seeps committed to no regime change and no boots on the ground. to the extend there is a doctrine, it does seem to have those parameters. do you think this will escalate the situation? i think there s an end point. donald trump wants them to think we ll use military force. at some point someone will have to think. and south korea doesn t want us to do anything hot because seoul within striking distance of conventional weapons.
himself from his company. but we also know that trump is a liar. and so we have had no indication as to what separation has taken place, if a separation has taken place, if he s getting money from these people directly or not. and that we don t know, also means that china doesn t know, north korea doesn t know, south korea doesn t know and there are going to be acting as if the president can get financial benefit from them. everybody is going to be throwing up what in the world is their actual relationship and how should they act as a result. what we do know is he still owns these companies whether he s managing them, in on the deals or not. he sees where his son and daughter are doing business so he knows that he s getting money from a chinese/american businesswoman connected to the chinese government. he knows about deals about the