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South Korea Told Trump No. Then He Cancelled The Drills.

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0:01[music] >> Donnie asked South Korea to join the Iran fight.

0:06They said no thanks. He killed their drills that night.

0:09>> Kim said nothing at all.

0:12>> [music] >> And got the prize.

0:13>> NO THANKS.

0:14>> NO THANKS. LET ME LAY it out so nobody [music] gets lost. There's a country called South Korea. We got troops that wear the boss.

0:21>> That's us.

0:23>> That's us.

0:24>> [music] >> 28,000 soldiers sitting on that land.

0:28Been there 70 years. That's the deal.

0:30That's the plan.

0:31>> The plan. THE PLAN.

0:35>> EVERY SINGLE YEAR THEY RUN it back for drill in case the neighbor up north ever wants to kill.

0:40>> Every year.

0:41>> Normal stuff. Routine. Been happening forever. Nobody thinks about [music] it.

0:45It's just weather.

0:46>> Just weather.

0:46>> Then Donnie picks up the phone and makes the ask.

0:49>> Come help me fight Iran. [singing] Simple little task.

0:51>> Easy South Korea said [music] and I quote the man himself.

0:54>> No thanks.

0:54>> Two words. Put it on the shelf.

0:56>> No thanks.

0:57>> So what's a big [music] strong president supposed to do? Cancel that defense drills hours before. That's who.

1:02>> Uh. Oh no.

1:04>> [music] >> No thanks.

1:05>> He heard.

1:06>> No [singing] thanks.

1:06>> No thanks.

1:07>> He broke.

1:08>> No thanks.

1:09>> Two little words in 70 years went up in smoke.

1:13>> In smoke.

1:14>> No thanks.

1:15>> [music] >> Now here's his reason and I want you to hear it clean. He said the drills send a signal that's hostile and mean.

1:22>> Yo who hostile?

1:22>> Hostile to Kim. [music] That's the guy [singing] with the bombs. Said Kim's been respectful. Said Kim's done no wrong. So he hands Kim a present [music] that Kim never asked for. Free. No conditions. Nothing asked in return.

1:32>> Nothing.

1:33>> Greatest still make [music] a real live.

1:34Gives it up for free. Now let's hear what Kim said. You ready? Here we see.

1:37>> Here it comes.

1:38>> Kim don't just have to put [music] a statement in the press.

1:40>> We have no interest in it at all.

1:41>> That's it. Nothing else.

1:43>> Nothing.

1:43>> Not a [music] thank you. Not a wave. Not a nod. Not a note. Man gave away the store and the customer said [music] no.

1:48No. She said the drills are still hostile anyway. Smaller shorter doesn't matter. Have a nice day.

1:53>> Hey.

1:55>> No thanks.

1:56>> He [music] heard.

1:57>> No thanks.

1:58>> No thanks. He broke. No thanks.

2:04>> [music] >> Hey.

2:09>> Let's do the math on this trade.

2:11>> What did he give away?

2:12>> A 70-year defense drill.

2:14>> What did he get back?

2:15>> Nothing.

2:16>> What did the ally get?

2:17>> Punished.

2:18>> What did the guy with the bombs get?

2:20>> A gift.

2:21>> And he didn't want it. [music] >> So, the score is he gave one thing, he got zero things, [music] he broke one alliance, and he impressed nobody.

2:31>> And he's still calling it A MASTER STROKE.

2:36AND ONE [music] MORE THING BEFORE WE LET THIS GO. South [singing] Korea didn't get a call, they found out from a poster. No heads up, no warning, no phone, no, no. They're on military Reddit like the rest [music] of us, quote, quote, back channel. That's the word they used out loud. 70 years of standing [music] in the same crowd. A retired general said it plain and cold, Kim and Bashar are the happiest [music] people in the world.

2:57>> Hear the pattern and it happens every time. Punish the friend, praise the guy with the missiles every time.

3:02>> Japan's watching, everybody's watching, take a look.

3:04>> Nobody's signing anything he wrote in that book.

3:10>> [music] >> He heard.

3:11>> No thanks.

3:13>> He broke.

3:14>> No thanks.

3:19>> [music] >> No thanks.

3:23Gave it all away and got a shrug.

3:27And the man [music] still thinks he won.

3:32>> He asked.

3:33>> [music] >> They said, "No thanks."

3:35He punished them for it.

3:38He gave a free [music] gift to the other side.

3:41And the other side said [music] they weren't interested.

3:46That's the whole thing that happened.

3:49No thanks. [music] No thanks.

3:58No thanks.

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