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In video released by U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement, Asian workers are seen shackled and getting onto a bus after an ICE raid on a Hyundai motor car battery facility in Georgia. 300 Koreans were arrested in Thursday's raid.

Host (5:50)

Now here is the video that ICE released. Just to be clear, it wasn't just that ICE did it. ICE then made like a hype video. They made a propaganda video of themselves rolling up with the South Korean shackled. And you better believe that was front page news. That's the top story in South Korea right now. Here, play this clip.

Donald Trump (clip) (6:22)

GSP in position, north side.

Host (6:33)

Now you had the 316 South Korean workers who were kidnapped by ICE militarized forces in Georgia at that Hyundai factory. They returned to the airport back in Seoul. Here's how it looked when they returned. Play this clip just to hear some of the voices as well from the wives of some of the kidnapped workers and some of the kidnapped workers. Let's play this clip right here. Nobody is going to stay and work when it's like this. After this situation, we considered leaving our jobs. I don't know how the visa will work next time and there will be some people who need to go there. But I have to think about it.

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They went there to help the U.S. the U.S. side also wanted them to work there. But now they are being treated like crazy criminals, which feels very unpleasant since they're not actual criminals. The fact that they were taken away like that, I think that's a real problem.

Host (8:03)

Now, the president of South Korea, President Lee, also made a statement before the kidnapping took place. And perhaps he made this statement a little bit too prematurely. This is how foreign leaders think about the United States right now. So when he was speaking at this international roundtable event right here, the CSIS event, the center for Strategic International Studies event, he talked about how when he was flying into the United States to meet with Donald Trump in August, he had to be very he was worried that Trump was going to pull any A Zelensky on him. This is South Korea's President Lee saying, I was worried Trump was going to pull a Zelinsky. Pull a Zelensky. That's the phrase that foreign leaders now use to talk about going into the Oval Office. Will he pull his Zelinsky meaning will he try to mock and embarrass and take away my nation's sovereignty in that golden bordello of an oval office? Here, play this clip of President Lee.

South Korean President Lee (clip) (9:10)

Let's play it so before so first of all, before I met with President Trump today, he posted on Truth Social a very threatening post, which I felt. And then during the press gaggle, he mentioned about the Korean government's investigations regarding the previous government and he mentioned that he would look into the search and seizure of U.S. bases. And so my staff was worried that we might face a Zelensky moment.

Donald Trump (clip) (9:46)

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Host (11:45)

Just to remind you this was the post that Donald Trump made right before President Lee arrived. Donald Trump goes what's going on in South Korea. Seems like a purge or revolution. We can't have that and do business there. I am seeing the new president today at the White House. Thank you for your attention to this matter. So some right wing groups that there's a MAGA faction in South Korea, by the way, like their far right wing in South Korea has modeled themselves after maga. And so they bring that same, like, literally, they, they call themselves like MAGA there in South Korea. Um, and so they kind of laundered into the US These deranged conspiracies that, oh, South Korea was going after Christians and South Korea is going after all this, these groups. And so based on hearing that Trump makes a post at the press conference, Donald Trump was asked about it. And Donald Trump was like, well, I, I, I posted about it because I heard about it. I'm not really sure what it's about, but I post about it. Then at that Oval Office meeting, the South Korean president mocked Donald Trump to his face. But Trump was too stupid to realize that he was even being mocked, mocked here. And so South Korea's President Lee, he goes, basically, he goes, look, you know what, Donald? Because Donald kept on bragging about Kim Jong Un in North Korea. And he goes, I look, this is what the President of South Korea says. Total troll of Trump. He goes, I look forward to you meeting with Kim Jong Un. And I will, I guess I'll see you building a Trump Tower in North Korea and you're going to be playing golf there, I suppose, knowing that none of those things will ever happen in North Korea. Here, play this clip right here.

South Korean President Lee (clip) (13:37)

And I would like to mention that the only remaining divided nation in the world is the Korean Peninsula. And I would like to ask for your role in establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula. So I look forward to your meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un and construction of a Trump Tower in North Korea and playing golf.

Host (14:00)

Please.

South Korean President Lee (clip) (14:05)

I believe he will be waiting for you.

Host (14:09)

And when we talk about the real world ramifications of what's going on right now, there is no trade deal with South Korea. Now, do you remember when you have Donald Trump and his entire regime announcing South Korea deal. We've done the deal. Deal, deal, deal. South Korea. Remember, I've always told you that all these trade deals are like, entirely bogus. I said, look, show me the piece of paper where there's a signed deal with binding terms that's like multiple pages in length. Then, then, then you can come back to me and say, there's a deal. But you have Howard Lutnick saying South Korea deal not sign, sign paperwork remains. South Korea must decide to accept deal or face harsh penalties to face tariffs. We will not give them any flexibility. Like Japan. Howard Lutnick says this is how you're trying to court them back. Are you kidding me? And then U.S. commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, he basically admits that there was no deal struck when he was confronted with it on cnbc.

Sponsor/Ad Voice (15:11)

Let's play the clip to the point on Hyundai. So is the Korea trade deal in jeopardy now?

News Analyst/Commentator (15:18)

Well, the Koreans didn't sign when the President was in. Right? The President came in. You remember that he came to the White House. Notice how we didn't talk about trade because he didn't sign the piece of paper. I mean, the devil is in the details always. Well, I think they saw the Japanese now. So there's no flexibility. Right. The Japanese signed the contract. The Koreans either accept that deal or pay the tariffs. Black and white pay the tariffs or accept the deal.

Sponsor/Ad Voice (15:46)

But has the immigration raid led to more tension there about.

News Analyst/Commentator (15:50)

I think you're going to see President Trump go out and address that. He knows that to build these great factories, we need leadership of people who built them before if he wants to do it fast. So I think he's going to make, make a deal with the different countries that when they want to build big here, he'll find a way to get their workers proper work visas, meaning short term work visas, train Americans and then head home. I think the President is very clear. I think you're going to see an ABC from him. You come in, be your train Americans and see you head on home.

Host (16:22)

And finally you have Donald Trump threatening the sovereignty of South Korea. Donald Trump's like, because we have American troops in South Korea, I would like for you to give us ownership of your land. We would like to own your land, South Korea. Think about what the people inside you want to own our land. The hell are you talking about? This is what he's done with Denmark and Greenland. This is what he said to Canada. And also he is a chicken shi. You know what I'm about to say as well when it comes down to it. Instead he has the. He would. He has the navy raiding fishing boats off the coast of Venezuela. A tuna fishing boat the other day off of Venezuela. Oh, and then he has the military bomb fishing boat which Trump said had 11 people moving cocaine from trend. How do you know they weren't trafficking innocent people? If there were 11, we still don't get to know who the hell these people are anyway. Here's Donald Trump saying that he wants the South Korean land. Let's play it. Would you reduce the number of forces in South Korea so that the United States could have more flexibility in the region? Would you consider reducing the number of US Forces in South Korea so that the United States can have more?

Donald Trump (clip) (17:40)

Well, I don't want to say that now because we've been friends and we're friends and look, we have a lot of people. We have over 40,000 troops in South Korea. As you know, South Korea agreed to pay for that during my last term. And then when Biden came in, they complained to Biden that I wasn't a nice person. And he agreed not to pay. He gave up billions of dollars. We were getting paid billions of dollars. But then Biden ended that for whatever reason. It's unbelievable that he did, but we have a very good relationship militarily. They would say, but we gave you land. I said, no, you didn't. You lease us land. A big difference between giving and leasing. And maybe one of the things I'd like to do is ask them to give us ownership of the land where we have the big fort. You know, we spent a lot of money building a fort and there was a contribution made by South Korea. But I would like to see if we could get rid of the lease and get ownership of the land where we have a massive military base.

Host (18:39)

Well, there you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Big trouble in South Korea. Big trouble in Asia for the United States. Big trouble, frankly, across the world. I showed you yesterday those data points. Portugal, no F35s. They're going for the Rafael. They're going for France's Rafale fighter jets. Most of Europe saying, we don't want them F35s no more. You had Denmark buying the air defense system from a Franco Italian company, not the Patriot system. America is losing billions of dollars as a result of this Trump regime. Thanks for watching. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers.

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