I called the president of South Korea recently. I said, “Would you give us a hand with Iran? If you would like, we don’t need help.” He said, “No thanks.”

I said, “What do you mean? We have 39,000 soldiers over there guarding you from Kim Jong Un, and you are not going to help us on a very easy military operation in Iran? That’s strange.”

Then why are we involved in helping you? Protecting South Korea is costing us billions of dollars.

We can’t go around and protect all of these countries, especially when they are not there to help us.

They want to make a deal, but they are not going to make the kind of a deal that I feel is necessary.

Kim Jong Un has always treated me with great respect.

We spent time. I understand him. He understands me.

He didn’t like anybody, but I get along with him very well.

What I'm doing is making things safer.

The people that are opposing the ballroom are people that, in my opinion, are very disloyal to our country.

Very, very disloyal to our country.

I like the idea of declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory.

We have total control over the Strait.

We are taking out—maybe that will stop, or maybe it will open up even further—we are taking out millions of barrels of oil a week.

The Strait is open, and the oil prices are coming down, and they will continue to come down unless we decide to do something far more drastic than we are doing.

Iran is in big trouble. Their country is a mess.

Their military is totally defeated.

Nothing justifies the reckless attack on PM Barzani's office. Kurdish friends should be vigilant against false-flag ploys to sow discord between neighbors.

We protected our Kurdish friends against Saddam and DAESH, and we're thankful for security they've provided on our border.