Korean Conservatives Complain About Trump Administration Demanding More Money for US-ROK Alliance Upkeep
It is strange times in Korea when the conservative politicians are complaining about President Trump and the Korean left don’t like him either, but they really don’t know why:
Korean conservatives are generally pro-U.S. and advocates of a strong Seoul-Washington alliance.
Yet their alliance appears to be cracking following U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks on issues crucial for South Korea. The real estate developer-turned-politician has expressed his interest in trading the blood-forged alliance for an increase in national revenue and appears to favor North Korea over the South.
Last Friday he even made fun of South Korea ― along with Japan and the European Union ― mimicking the Korean accent before his deep-pocketed supporters.
Their sense of humiliation has seen even pro-U.S. conservative politicians speak out to slam Trump. Some lashed out at the president, calling him “empty-headed” or “too inept to figure out what’s right and wrong.”
“With the ‘money is everything’ mind of a merchant, Trump seems to be confused about what is his ally and foe,” Rep. Cho Kyung-tae of the main opposition Liberty Party of Korea (LPK) said on a radio show Tuesday.
Korea Times
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many of the so called conservatives that are in the ROK congress are in the pocket of China, don’t be fooled just because they call themselves conservative. Stooges of the Chinese.
Awww… Maybe we should just pull up stakes and move USFK to a country willing to pay a reasonable amount to defend itself… Koreans ignore 21st Century China and rail against 19th Century Japan. That’s pretty lemming-like…
Maybe I just need more coffee… 🙄 🙄 🙄
setnaff, not maybe, the US should leave Korea. Korea is a developed country now, pretending it still needs daddy warbucks here to hold its hand is ridiculous. Just want to keep milking America till the well run dries.