Furious South Koreans Blast Ignorant Trump For Distortion Of History

[Stonepounder]

Source: Huffington Post

Many in South Korea are steamed at President Donald Trump for saying their nation was once “part of China.”

Trump told The Wall Street Journal that Chinese President Xi Jinping gave him a history lesson during their meeting earlier this month, which gave him a new appreciation of the difficulties of defusing the situation in North Korea.

“And, you know, you’re talking about thousands of years ... and many wars,” Trump was quoted as saying April 12. “And Korea actually used to be a part of China. And after listening for 10 minutes, I realized that it’s not so easy.”

But South Koreans say their nation was never part of China.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/south-korea-trump-china_us_58f9609ee4b018a9ce59d6a8

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Sometimes I just want to go cry. What he is doing to our reputation world-wide is going to take lifetimes to repair. Assuming we manage to come through this administration with a functional nation.

[OnlinePoker]

1. Not the modern state of Korea but definitely historically

The peninsula was fully or partially invaded a couple of times in the 1600s by the Manchus which established the Qing Dynasty in China.

[ansible]

2. Wasn't North Korea pretty much chinese puppet state when they pushed the US back in the Korean War?

They sent millions of soldiers there in the 50s

[TomCADem]

5. Sort of like Saying East Germany Was Just Part of Russia

nt

[cstanleytech]

3. Yes but they were never a part of China rather they were a separate country that was forced to

pay tribute to China.

[jberryhill]

8. It was invaded by the Japanese too, but that doesn't make them "historically Japanese" either

"Historically, the Navajo were Spanish" by that measure.

[not fooled]

4. Dear South Koreans

We feel your pain and apologize for the screwups of the orange turd.

We empathize because we used to be the land of the free and home of the brave. Now--at least temporarily--we are the land of the petty tyrant and home of the p*ssygrabber.

So, we suffer too.

[iluvtennis]

6. What an idiot. I run and hide everytime I encounter a non US friend.

[Blue_Roses]

7. Well, I guess we should be glad that Trump

listened to what another foreign leader said, for a brief moment anyway. But, of course, he has to open his mouth, get it wrong and ruin the moment. He hears what he wants to hear, I believe...

[Chemisse]

9. For 10 minutes!

That must have been a record for his dim mind and short attention span.

[LuckyLib]

17. My reaction as well: "I had to listen to a history lesson for 10 whole minutes! Now I

know all about this part of the world."

It must have exhausted him.

[Blue_Roses]

18. lol...

his meds must have kicked in

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. The US was once part of Mexico. . . . nt

[Stonepounder]

15. And France.

[IronLionZion]

11. Is there a world record for who can piss off the most people?

Because I know a winner who wins so bigly it makes people's head spin

[harun]

13. B*sh still has the record but the record will fall.

[IronLionZion]

14. I think Donny has him beat

[Sunlei]

12. trump speaks for Republicans. kind of like a kid who shouts out the truth of what RW really thinks.

thankful trumps a RW big mouth asshole and Republican problem. The entire world knows that fact.

[riversedge]

19. Trump is a know-nothing big bully.

[Turbineguy]

16. One must be patient with trump

the United States put the village idiot in charge.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Ugh! The stupid!

[yardwork]

21. I never thought I would miss w.