# Trump Says South Korea Wouldn't Back War With Iran

https://mins.news/en/video/24518

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-17 19:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFajjM3PXvM

> Trump tied a Pentagon-directed reduction in exercises involving South Korea to what he described as the country's unwillingness to support the war with Iran.

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