Geopolitics
The Unreliable Empire: Trump’s Korea Gambit and the Lesson for the Global South
President Trump unilaterally scaled back a major U.S.-South Korea military exercise, citing cost and its perceived hostility towards North Korea, while berating Seoul for insufficient support against Iran. This impulsive act, prioritizing a narcissistic 'friendship' with Kim Jong Un over a seventy-year strategic alliance, is a reckless betrayal that empowers adversaries and perfectly exposes the chaotic, self-serving nature of U.S. foreign policy which treats global south partners as disposable vassals.
