South Korea President sings 'American Pie' at state dinner

President Biden capped a historic visit from South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol with a lavish state dinner at the White House — where Yoon took to the mic to sing "American Pie." The diplomatic visit is meant to be a show of unity against North Korea’s nuclear program. NBC’s Kristen Welker reports for TODAY.

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[imperijaable]

God bless America and South Korea 🇺🇲🇰🇷

[gooyangyi]

What a charming S. Korean President is. He surely has a sincere and clean heart.

[luke_skywanker]

This was a GREAT story and left me smiling. I like this guy!!!

[terrytrd]

amazing & touching moment. love korea and usa.

[kyou]

Greetings from Quincy, Massachusetts. President Yoon gets an A+ for choice of song. He got a very different reception than Don McLean got in Boston when McLean first sang the song publicly. The people of Boston were objecting to McLean’s last few verses, which was pretty close to a depiction of how the world works.

[사랑-xrl]

조 바이든 대통령님 훌륭하신 윤석열 대통령님 응원합니다 🇰🇷 👍🏻 🇱🇷👍🏻💕⚘❤😄🙏

[senjaymiao]

Good boy~Good boy~🐕, makes me very happy

[markmayberry]

President Yoon just made an 88ft shot with one second left on the clock for the win.

[oklahoma]

How about a mirv for the CIC & egghead at the Whitehouse singing American pie as a finale to end the celebrations !

[marshasalazar]

I would vote for President Joe Biden
Again

[mercedeswolf]

😂😂😂at first, joe biden wanted that don mclean sing that song but don was in australia so the south korean president took over don mclean's role, now"american pie"becomes an Internet hit not because of don mclean or madonna but because of south korean president. 😂😂😂😂.now don mclean is planning a duet with the south korean president. and maybe also madonna😂😂😂😂

[xuejuansu]

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During the time of President Reagan, some believed it was dangerous to speak directly to the people suffering under communism, but they were wrong. We need to let the Chinese people know we are allies in common opposition to a genocidal oligarchy. John Walters

[leonardlapadula]

How ominous. What is going to happen in February?

[TomNook.]

Sung the verse without the chorus, c'mon

[micahclark]

Lol he's telling u that we're losing are grip on the world american pie is a song about no hope for America duh

[clarkfeeley]

Thank you Joe for running again so we can assure Trump has a sweeping victory.

[PatrickRyan]

Did Brandon sing Crazy by Patsy Cline?

[brianstollings]

Who cares?! Let us know when Biden does something positive for America.