Trump "Korea to pay more for money machine, defense"...Harris into the Tiger's Cave

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Former President Donald Trump called South Korea a "money machine" meaning a rich country and said he would have paid nearly 13 trillion won in annual defense expenses if he was in office.

With early voting in Georgia in the contested state, Vice President Harris took aim at conservative voters in her first interview with pro-Trump media outlet Fox News.

This is Washington correspondent Hong Sang-hee.

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Former President Trump said that if he were in the White House, South Korea would pay about 13 trillion won per year for the U.S. troops stationed in South Korea.

They even call our country a "money machine."

[Donald Trump/ Former U.S. President] If I were in the White House now, I would pay $10 billion a year. They would have been willing to do so. Korea is a money machine.]

Earlier this month, the defense cost share agreed between South Korea and the U.S. in 2026 is 1.519.2 billion won, which means that they will receive nearly nine times the share.

If he is elected in this presidential election, he seems to have expressed his willingness to renegotiate the defense cost share.

Vice President Harris, who has been struggling with the recent approval ratings of rival states, is in her first interview with pro-Trump Fox News as former President Trump talks with Bloomberg.

The strategy is to enter the tiger cave and directly approach the votes of conservatives as well as non-party voters.

[CAMALA HARRIS/Vice President of the United States] It's a fierce competition, it's a race within the margin of error. I will travel around the country to tell you the most important problems and provide solutions to the problems people face.]

With the U.S. presidential election just 20 days away, face-to-face early voting has also begun in Georgia, a contested state that will determine the outcome.

Former President Trump is slightly ahead within the margin of error. Early voting will begin in two days in North Carolina, which also suffered from hurricane hurling.

NBC surveyed 1,000 voters nationwide and found that 52% of respondents voted in advance or planned to do so, ahead of 44% who said they would vote on the day of the presidential election.

Until now, it has been analyzed that a high pre-voting rate is advantageous for the Democratic Party, but this presidential election has become difficult to guarantee its advantages and disadvantages as supporters gather.

With full-fledged early voting taking place across the country ahead of the presidential election, candidates from both sides are struggling to meet as many voters as possible through the media and attract not only supporters but also opposing voters.

I'm Hong Sang-hee from Washington.