Hit with a slap and given a jujube? After cracking down on South Korea, Trump made statements to soothe the situation.
On September 7 local time, US President Trump said that the US and South Korea maintain good relations, and that the incident of more than 300 South Korean citizens being detained by US law enforcement agencies would not lead to a deterioration of bilateral relations.
This statement came just three days after the US "cracked down" on South Korean companies. According to foreign media reports, on September 4, US law enforcement agencies raided a joint electric vehicle battery factory of Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution in Georgia, seizing 475 employees without legal status on the spot, among whom more than 300 were South Korean citizens. After the incident, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-wook urgently traveled to the US on the 8th for negotiations, trying to bring back the detained personnel. However, senior White House officials simultaneously revealed that the Trump administration plans to target more company facilities and further intensify enforcement against illegal immigrants.
For South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who had just finished his visit to the US, this move by the US was undoubtedly a "face slap." This also conforms to Trump's consistent style: regardless of friends or enemies, only the interests of the United States come first. After Yoon Suk-yeol took office, he insisted on a foreign policy of closely aligning with the US and Japan, but did not receive "preferential treatment" from the US - the US not only continued to impose tariffs, but also demanded South Korea invest 350 billion dollars. In the current context of South Korea's economic downturn, such "cost of being pro-American" is bringing significant impact to South Korea.
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