SEOUL—The spectacle of several hundred thousand right-wing demonstrators flashing U.S. and South Korean flags near the main avenue from the American embassy here hides an inconvenient truth about U.S. policy toward North Korea.
The demonstrators are supporters of Yoon Suk-yeol, the conservative president who triggered a major political crisis by briefly declaring martial law in December. Yoon’s fans, like Trump’s MAGA supporters, view their political hero as being unfairly persecuted by the justice system and the victim of a rigged election—many even display “Stop the Steal” signs at protests and wear ball caps emblazoned with the words “Make Korea Great Again.”
To them, it’s unthinkable that Trump would betray South Korea the way he’s betraying Ukraine.
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