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Swede

(37,345 posts)
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:44 PM Sep 15

Trump backpedalling after he treated innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hardworking Latinos.


US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.

Dmitry Grozoubinski (@explaintrade.com) 2025-09-15T06:42:57.008Z
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Trump backpedalling after he treated innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hardworking Latinos. (Original Post) Swede Sep 15 OP
trump is not going to get many people to come to the US after this stunt LetMyPeopleVote Sep 15 #1
Doesn't matter. Aristus Sep 15 #2
I don't blame South Korea a bit. EndlessWire Sep 15 #3
"Trump follows the suggestions of women who pitch him power points, and he is pathetic." Maru Kitteh Sep 15 #10
Although the US is largely ignoring this story and definitely senseandsensibility Sep 15 #4
It is huge in Japan as well. The Japanese got screwed: dalton99a Sep 15 #5
Giving in to his demands senseandsensibility Sep 15 #6
It appears that the EU trade deal could also fall apart. They are realizing that they too Bev54 Sep 15 #7
Maybe we can become their eleventh province lame54 Sep 15 #8
Maybe a selective portion??? Bev54 Sep 15 #9

Aristus

(70,921 posts)
2. Doesn't matter.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 01:17 PM
Sep 15

He will blame the economic fallout on the Democrats. And his screeching, shit-flinging followers will abrogate their vaunted "common sense", and believe him.

EndlessWire

(8,103 posts)
3. I don't blame South Korea a bit.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 03:13 PM
Sep 15

They were our friends. Now, they are not. Any South Korean would be a fool to return to work here. So, a mockery is made of trump's ridiculous speeches about "hundreds" of car companies building factories here in the States to justify his tariffs on imports. He just crashed that idea.

Trump follows the suggestions of women who pitch him power points, and he is pathetic.

Maru Kitteh

(30,678 posts)
10. "Trump follows the suggestions of women who pitch him power points, and he is pathetic."
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 07:44 PM
Sep 15

I just really need this sentance explained please. It reads like you are blaming this on women around Trump?

senseandsensibility

(23,919 posts)
4. Although the US is largely ignoring this story and definitely
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 03:28 PM
Sep 15

not presenting it as the huge mistake it actually was, it is big news in Korea. I actually watch KBS America, mostly for the Korean dramas. But I watch their news too. It's been covered extensively for hours a day. A few nights ago I wasn't too happy when my favorite drama was pre-empted for hours of news about this topic. They are not happy!

dalton99a

(90,339 posts)
5. It is huge in Japan as well. The Japanese got screwed:
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 03:34 PM
Sep 15
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/business/south-korea-japan-trump-trade.html

In South Korea and Japan, Fury at U.S. Fuels Backlash Over Trade Deals
Officials and business leaders in both countries are questioning commitments their governments made to invest hundreds of billions in American manufacturing.
By Daisuke Wakabayashi and River Akira Davis
Sept. 11, 2025

In the span of 24 hours last week, President Trump managed to roil both South Korea and Japan, two longtime allies that less than two months earlier had said they would invest a combined nearly $1 trillion in the United States in exchange for lower tariffs.

Last Thursday, U.S. immigration officials raided the construction site of a major Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia, a flagship project by two of South Korea’s most prominent companies. Hundreds of South Korean citizens were arrested and detained for, according to federal officials, living or working in the country illegally.

On the same day, Mr. Trump signed an executive order enacting a trade deal he had struck with Japan in July, committing Japan to invest $550 billion in the United States. The order codified the reduced automotive tariffs that Tokyo had desperately sought. However, it came with a memorandum of understanding between the two countries stating outright that Mr. Trump, not Japanese officials, will select how the $550 billion will be invested. If Japan goes against his wishes, he will have the right to impose higher tariffs.

In both Japan and South Korea, increasingly vocal leaders in government and business feel their countries were strong-armed and are questioning whether it still made sense to comply with Mr. Trump’s demands.

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senseandsensibility

(23,919 posts)
6. Giving in to his demands
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 03:40 PM
Sep 15

only leads to more demands those countries are learning. That puts them ahead of some of the institutions in this country at least.

Bev54

(12,898 posts)
7. It appears that the EU trade deal could also fall apart. They are realizing that they too
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 03:48 PM
Sep 15

must diversify their trading partners, including with S Korea, Japan and Canada. With Canada's new approval of the doubling of the LNG plant in BC and expanding ports in Montreal and Northern Canada, trade will be much easier with Asia and Europe. It may take a few years but it is just the beginning for Canada exports.

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