President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, asked, “what is going on in South Korea?”.
The US Leader’s question is coming ahead of his meeting with South Korea new President, Lee Jae Myung, at the White House, Washington DC.
Trump greeted Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea, by saying that a “Purge or Revolution” was taking place there and threatened to not do business with Seoul as he prepared to receive the new leader at the White House later on Monday.
“WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA? Seems like a Purge or Revolution. We can’t have that and do business there. I am seeing the new President today at the White House. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!”, President Trump posted on Truth Social.
According to AP:
Before Trump’s Truth Social post Monday morning, the first in-person meeting between Trump and Lee had been expected to help flesh out details of a July trade deal between the two countries that has Seoul investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.S. The agreement set tariffs on South Korean goods at 15% after Trump threatened rates as high as 25%.
Trump declared at the time that South Korea would be “completely OPEN TO TRADE” with the U.S. and accept goods such as cars and agricultural products. Automobiles are South Korea’s top export to the U.S.
Seoul has one of the largest trade surpluses among Washington’s NATO and Indo-Pacific allies, and countries where the U.S. holds a trade deficit has drawn particular ire from Trump, who wants to eliminate such trade imbalances.
