Donald Trump Insults South Koreans

Recently, Maryland governor Larry Hogan contacted Washington Post, to talk in detail about how he tried to help his state deal with the Coronavirus situation. 

He also shared what he and his South Korean wife, Yumi, went through during a private dinner with US President Trump.

Given the fact that the White House is unable to assist states during this pandemic, along with incident wherein personal protective equipment that states were intending to use were seized, Larry Hogan decided to take matters into his own hands. 

He and his South Korean wife, Yumi contacted South Korean President Moon Jae In asking for assistance regarding the Coronavirus tests.

They worked with LabGenomics to secure 500,000 tests which costed $9 million USD. They hid the tests at a secret location in order to prevent authorities from seizing their shipment.

Later on, Trump attended a dinner sponsored by the Republican Governors Association. Apparently, Trump’s true standards were revealed when he kept showering praise onto the leaders of China, Japan, and North Korea.

I don’t remember him mentioning the virus, but he talked about how much he respected President Xi Jinping of China; how much he liked playing golf with his buddy “Shinzo,” Prime Minister Abe of Japan; how well he got along with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

— Larry Hogan

However, what really surprised Larry Hogan and his wife was when he also talked about the tens of thousands of US Military forces that are currently stationed throughout South Korea.

Trump said he really didn’t like dealing with President Moon from South Korea. The South Koreans were “terrible people,” he said, and he didn’t know why the United States had been protecting them all these years. “They don’t pay us,” Trump complained.

Yumi was sitting there as the president hurled insults at her birthplace. I could tell she was hurt and upset. I know she wanted to walk out. But she sat there politely and silently.

— Larry Hogan

 

This was the complete opposite to what the South Korean President felt which we know according to the special video message from Moon Jae In himself.

The next night, Saturday, Lee Soo-hyuck, the South Korean ambassador to the United States, hosted a reception at his official residence for all the governors and their spouses. Yumi had worked with the ambassador to plan the event. Moon delivered a video message, welcoming the governors and thanking them for Korea’s very special relationship with the United States.

Speaking in Korean with English subtitles, he said how proud he was of Yumi as the first Korean American first lady in the United States. Then he referred to me as the son-in-law of the Korean people. It meant a lot to us to hear him say that, though it would take a couple of months before we would learn just how much his warmth would truly mean to the people of my state.

— Larry Hogan

 

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This article has a video version posted on my Youtube channel, Asian Jade.

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