That's an interesting take on the way foreign relations actually work. Let me tell you about this mystical faraway land called Korea. This magical country is split in two, and one of them is good friends with Mr President and all his buddies in Washington. This South Korea also has lots of money and ways to make more that it shares with its friends in America so that the two can both have a happier time. But these friendly people are in trouble, because in the North mean old Kim Jong-un and his friends have turned over to their piggy banks and realised they're empty. They need to get more money if they're going to be able to buy more food for Kim so they've decided to try and bully the South for their lunch money. If Mr President doesn't try and stand up to Kim and protect his Korean friends then Mr China will start laughing at him and his other Asian friends might stop talking to him.
tl;dr The USA needs to preserve some role of credibility in the field of international relations and pulling out support for an ally they've had since the early days of the Cold War because they aren't going to see many short term benefits from it isn't going to do that goal many favours.
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