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Trump’s Mistaken ‘Art of the Deal’ Squeezes South Korea

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Aug 27, 2019
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No one has transformed his image in South Korea as dramatically as US President Donald Trump. He was regarded as the epitome of a madman from his inauguration in January 2017 to early 2018. He knocked on the doors of a Korean Armageddon, threatening to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea and to “totally destroy” the country, even referring explicitly…

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