I don't understand why Trump wants to poke our best allies in the eye over minor issues. The South Koreans are world leaders in heavy industries, including ship building. We should be currying their favor, not alienating them.
Headlines, not just single ethnicity (“see, we’re applying rules equally to all countries!”), and bargaining chip.
Agree. They should have worked this out privately instead of causing humiliation and losing the trust of South Korea’s own population. Trump made a similar mistake (arguably a much larger scale one) with India recently.
And Canada. And Mexico. And Denmark (and by extension the rest of Europe). Trump is speed running alienating all US allies.