Donald Trump: "We get practically nothing compared to the cost of" keeping U.S. military forces in South Korea.

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Donald Trump mostly wrong that 'we get practically nothing' from South Korea for U.S. troop presence Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is saying it's time for South Korea to pick up more of the costs of having United States military forces in South Korea. During an extended interview with NBC's Meet the Press from Ottumwa, Iowa, Trump addressed the situation on the Korean peninsula, where North Korea re-emerged in the news in recent days with the purported test of a hydrogen bomb by the regime of Kim Jong Un. "We have 28,000 soldiers on the line in South Korea between the madman and them," Trump said, referring to Kim. "We get practically nothing compared to the ... >> More

Via: Politifact.com: Statements from Donald Trump