Gary Johnson talks about foreign policy on Friday. Gary Johnson says 'no chance' North Korea invades South Korea

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson suggested under no circumstances could North Korea invade South Korea.

Just one day after expressing total uncertainty about the Syrian city of Aleppo, Johnson pivoted to another global region in a bid to show some foreign policy fluency.


“We are kind of making China go crazy with our 30,000 troops in South Korea, recognizing there is no chance that North Korea invades South Korea conventionally,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday.

Johnson's remarks followed the news of the latest nuclear test conducted by the isolationist state, which received widespread condemnation from President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans.

Jumping in, Blitzer pointed to military specifics that could contradict the former New Mexico governor’s claim.

“They have 1 million conventional forces north of the demilitarized zone,” he said. “The South Koreans have close to 1 million members south. They have huge numbers of missiles, artillery. I was in North Korea a few years back. Why do you say there is no chance North Korean forces would move against South Korea?

Johnson pushed back, suggesting it would be impossible.

“I don't think that capability exists,” he said. “Of course, that would be the input that I'm getting right now. In fact, South Korea is so far advanced, the economies are nowhere near comparable in scale. North Korea [invading] is just not going to happen.”

