claim: south korea doesn't pay the united states for u.s. troops that protect their country.
author: donald trump
evidence_1: feb 1, 2017 ... proposing that south korea, which already pays more for u.s. protection as a  percentage of gross domestic product than germany or japan, spends still more  rests on one primary misconception—that the united states' forces in korea aren' t protecting the united states. given north korea's nuclear ...
evidence_2: jan 10, 2016 ... 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 ...  have 25,000 soldiers over there protecting them. they don't pay us. why don't  they pay us?" we rated the claim that south korea doesn't pay false, ...
evidence_3: apr 12, 2016 ... where the u.s. really supports japan, germany and south korea is in having  u.s. military bases in those countries, but quantifying the extra cost for the u.s. to  keep troops there, as opposed to on bases in the united states, is difficult — not  to mention the difficulty in putting a price tag on a benefit to the ...
evidence_4: oct 1, 2016 ... five years ago, hillary clinton reached one of the least-noticed diplomatic  agreements of her tenure as secretary of state — a deal obligating japan to  continue. ... more than 70% of the total is spent in japan, germany and south  korea, where most u.s. troops abroad are permanently stationed. in return ...
evidence_5: apr 13, 2017 ... the drill is part of the annual joint exercise foal eagle to enhance the combat  readiness of the us and south korea supporting forces in defense of ... the  country with the largest muslim population, the two largest economies after  america, and the next superpower and peer competitor to the united states.