“Trump’s inartful retelling of Sino-Korean history sparked widespread outrage among Koreans, who are particularly sensitive to the U.S. president’s rhetoric amid heightened tensions between North and South Korea. Leaders across the political spectrum criticized Trump’s characterization, calling it a clear distortion of history and an attempt to undermine Korean sovereignty.”
Trump’s claim that Korea ‘actually used to be a part of China’
Fact Checker, The Washington Post
To be perfectly clear from the start,
South Korea was never a part
of China… who knew?
Not the POTUS… no clue.
He’s honed ignorance into an art.
© 2017 Susan E. Eckenrode