Posted on 10/15/2018 9:18:43 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
US President Donald Trump’s statement that Seoul would not lift sanctions on Pyongyang without America’s “approval” did not go down well in South Korea, prompting criticism from activists and politicians from across the political spectrum.
A group of student activists climbed up the Statue of King Sejong in central Seoul on Friday afternoon in a protest against Trump’s speech as they flew a banner that read, “South Korea is not a US colony” and chanted, “Trump needs to apologize.”
The protest, which saw six people arrested, comes after Trump said Wednesday, “They won’t do it without our approval. They do nothing without our approval,” a comment that has been widely branded as “condescending” and “an infringement of sovereignty.”
In a now-deleted Facebook post, lawmaker Song Young-gil from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea said he disagreed with Trump’s choice of the word “approval,” and explained that unlike sanctions imposed by the United Nations, South Korea’s independent sanctions like the ones in response to the 2010 Cheonan sinking do not require approval from other entities.
Song added while prior consultation with a strong ally like the US is necessary, to suggest that South Korea needs “approval” from the US shows disrespect to South Korea as a sovereign state.
Ex-lawmaker and prominent conservative figure Jeon Yeo-ok also took to Facebook to echo a similar sentiment.
In the wake of mounting criticism, South Korea‘s ambassador to the United States Cho Yoon-je said Friday that he told a White House official about the controversy surrounding Trump’s comment.
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"Sir, $1 billion.' I said, 'whoa, whoa!' So we're putting in a system that we pay for and it's going to cost a billion in order to protect an immensely wealthy country (South Korea) that makes all of your television sets, right?' Trump said. - CNBC
The best way to prove you’re not a colony is to fully fund your own defense!
My Dad said the Korean kids threw rocks at them as they got off the troopship.
He said the Korean kids threw rocks at them when they got on the troopship to go home.
Korean kids.
Say when!
“South Korea is not a US colony”
Been a few years since I lived there - but ya - you pretty much are.
Well, bye. Do it yourselves without our help.
The US has spent a fortune in money and blood to protect them.
I imagine it is only a minority of people causing trouble.
President Trump tends to voice what everyone else is to obsequious to.
Trump should clarify.... “as long as South Korea is dependent on the US to defend them, they will do nothing sanctions or defense related without our approval.”
SK is our bought and paid for bitch. We brought them security, wealth and now peace. And we can take it all away.
Always watch what the left hand is doing.
Then lets do it. Pull the troops out, bring them home, discharge them, and reap billions in savings. Bring the airplanes home, tear up the trade agreement, stop sending ships near there, and let South Korea make it on their own or not.
All we’d have to do is to do nothing and they’d be enjoying enormous intestinal parasites in a jiffy.
How about our thousands of troops on the border for 70 years, after we killed over a million chinese, russian, and norks saving your asses from being overthrown and turned into a communist shithole.
You ungrateful bastards, can't wipe your ass without our approval.
Admit it and STFU.
All well and good unless it’s your dad, uncle, or grandfather that gave his life so South Korea could be free. Handing that over makes their sacrifice worth zero. Is that what you suggest would be a great idea?
It’s none of our business. We should declare the war over and let South Korea handle the reunification.
A border that would not exist without the help of the US.
Sounds like someone needs some tariffs and a time out.
I get it - being a country full of emasculated cucks that can’t even protect their own border must be tough. But that’s just the way it is.
Trump is the leader of the free world and if you want to be part of it you had better get in line and get his approval.
-- CowboyBob
Not to mention taking care of Tojo and Company so that Korea was no longer a Japanese colony.
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