We are friends, aren't we? South Korea outraged at 300 workers treated as ‘prisoners of war’ in US raid

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/12/south-korean-outrage-at-us-detention-ordeal-as-300-workers-return-home

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zib@lemmy.world · 83 pts · 325d (3 replies)

The only friend Donald Trump ever had was Jeffrey Epstein.

Rothe@piefed.social · 17 pts · 325d (1 reply)

Putin comes in as a close second though.

bufalo1973@piefed.social · 27 pts · 324d

The boss is never a real friend.

snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 325d

And Mc Doubles.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 51 pts · 325d (7 replies)

As they should be. Now Trump gets a little taste of the finding out portion of his fuck around and find out strategies. Not that it will ever even register in his brain whatsoever.

GuyFawkes@midwest.social · 16 pts · 325d (2 replies)

Ha, you act like he has a brain.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 325d

Yeah, it’s probably more like a cobbled together collection of distributed nerve endings and receptor organs, that somehow have coordinated into the illusion of thought and agency. Like a starfish.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 324d

the enteric nervous system is quite effective at faking it and i assume that's what he uses

angrystego@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 325d (3 replies)

How? SK needs the US for protection against China, doesn't it? What other choices do they have? I'm asking genuinely. I always thought they bet on their relationship with the US.

ViatorOmnium@piefed.social · 15 pts · 325d

SK government can kiss Trump's ass as much they want, they will have trouble convincing private companies to invest in the US (which is a "problem" EU countries are also having in appeasing Trump), and even more trouble finding people dumb enough to go into the US to setup any of that investment.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 325d (1 reply)

How what? Are you trying to say that you feel their outrage is not justified, or that they should not be expressing it?

angrystego@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 325d

No, I'm not.

TommySoda@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 325d (2 replies)

And it should be a warning to every other country in the world. We basically treat foreigners the same as Russia these days and it's fucking disgusting. If you're not an English speaking american white Christian male you should probably stay away.

stoy@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 325d (1 reply)

And tourists seem to have taken notice if the stats are to be believed.

Tourism to the US has TANKED in 2025

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 324d

Ya, isn't it great? Pity for all the mom and pop shops closing as a result, though. Maybe don't vote in a rapist fascist pedophile the next time because of some war half a world away.

fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 324d (2 replies)

Trump is not your friend, SK.

RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 324d (1 reply)

He's not anyone's friend he only cares about himself

CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 323d

He probably cares about his lover, Putin

MyOpinion@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 324d

MAGAts love the shit where they live. Never try to help red states they will just curse you.

BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 325d

Insert first time meme here.

EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 325d

"aren't we?"

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