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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,036 posts)
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:52 PM Jul 2020

Trump accused of insulting South Koreans in front of GOP governor's South Korean-born wife

Republican governor Larry Hogan of Maryland claimed Donald Trump disparaged the people of South Korea in front of his wife, who is South Korean.

Mr Hogan made the claims in a Washington Post editorial savaging Mr Trump's leadership during the coronavirus pandemic.

According to Mr Hogan, the remarks were made during a private dinner hosted by the Republican Governors Association. The governor recalls Mr Trump talking about how much he respected Chinese President Ji Xinping, how much he enjoyed playing golf with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and how well he'd gotten along with Kim Jong-Un, the dictator of North Korea.

"Then, the jarring part: Trump said he really didn't like dealing with President Moon from South Korea. The South Koreans were 'terrible people,' he said, and he didn't know why the United States had been protecting them all these years," Mr Hogan wrote. "'They don't pay us, Trump complained.'"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-accused-calling-south-koreans-193341881.html

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Trump accused of insulting South Koreans in front of GOP governor's South Korean-born wife (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
Disgusting. FM123 Jul 2020 #1
He's a pig wryter2000 Jul 2020 #2
Hogan passed up the golden opportunity to deck him? Frustratedlady Jul 2020 #3
How disgusting. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #4

FM123

(10,053 posts)
1. Disgusting.
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 03:54 PM
Jul 2020

Hogan wrote that his wife, Yumi Hogan, was “sitting there as the president hurled insults at her birthplace,” but managed to endure the speech “politely and silently.” Yumi Hogan, born in Naju, South Korea, immigrated to the United States in her 20s, married Larry Hogan in 2004 and is the first Korean American first lady of a U.S. state.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. How disgusting.
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 04:10 PM
Jul 2020

Especially after complimenting Kim Jong-Un. Such a slap in the face!

He is such a vile, odious piece of filth.

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