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Enemy country in the current geopolitical climate is an interesting take. Doesn't sound like a great idea to me tbh.

deaddodo 1y ago
There are a lot of gray relations out there, but there’s almost no way you could morph the current US/SK relations to one of hostility; beyond a negligible minority of citizens in either being super vocal for some perceived slights.
- shantara 1y ago
  A year ago, I would have easily claimed the same thing about Denmark.
  - throwaway2037 1y ago
    I don't follow. Can you share more context?
    - marcosdumay 1y ago
      The US is threatening to invade Greenland, what means active war with Denmark.
      - throwaway2037 1y ago
        Great point! I forgot that Greenland is not (yet) an independent nation. It is still a part of Denmark.
    - smcin 1y ago
      The current US admin's threats to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
- 9dev 1y ago
  Trump will find a way, just as he did with Canada for example (i mean, Canada of all places). Things are way more in flux than they used to be. There’s no stability anymore.
- gitremote 1y ago
  You think when ICE arrested over 300 South Korean citizens who were setting up a Georgia Hyundai plant and subjected them to alleged human rights abuses, it was only a perceived slight? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-korea-human-rights-investigation-immigration-raid_n_68c85eb6e4b0bf99dd245b18 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-korea-human-rights-inve... How Trump’s ICE Raid Triggered Nationwide Outrage in South Korea https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ice-raid-hyundai-outrage-south-korea-2126752 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ice-raid-hyundai-outrage-sout... 'The raid "will do lasting damage to America's credibility," John Delury, a senior fellow at the Asia Society think tank, told Bloomberg. "How can a government that treats Koreans this way be relied upon as an 'ironclad' ally in a crisis?"'
  - deaddodo 1y ago
    Yes.
- kergonath 1y ago
  One could have said the exact same thing about US-EU relations just a couple of years ago. And yet, here we are.

There are a lot of gray relations out there, but there’s almost no way you could morph the current US/SK relations to one of hostility; beyond a negligible minority of citizens in either being super vocal for some perceived slights.

shantara 1y ago
A year ago, I would have easily claimed the same thing about Denmark.
- throwaway2037 1y ago
  I don't follow. Can you share more context?
  - marcosdumay 1y ago
    The US is threatening to invade Greenland, what means active war with Denmark.
    - throwaway2037 1y ago
      Great point! I forgot that Greenland is not (yet) an independent nation. It is still a part of Denmark.
  - smcin 1y ago
    The current US admin's threats to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
9dev 1y ago
Trump will find a way, just as he did with Canada for example (i mean, Canada of all places). Things are way more in flux than they used to be. There’s no stability anymore.
gitremote 1y ago
You think when ICE arrested over 300 South Korean citizens who were setting up a Georgia Hyundai plant and subjected them to alleged human rights abuses, it was only a perceived slight? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-korea-human-rights-investigation-immigration-raid_n_68c85eb6e4b0bf99dd245b18 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-korea-human-rights-inve... How Trump’s ICE Raid Triggered Nationwide Outrage in South Korea https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ice-raid-hyundai-outrage-south-korea-2126752 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ice-raid-hyundai-outrage-sout... 'The raid "will do lasting damage to America's credibility," John Delury, a senior fellow at the Asia Society think tank, told Bloomberg. "How can a government that treats Koreans this way be relied upon as an 'ironclad' ally in a crisis?"'
- deaddodo 1y ago
  Yes.
kergonath 1y ago
One could have said the exact same thing about US-EU relations just a couple of years ago. And yet, here we are.