[deaddodo]

There are a lot of gray relations out there, but there’s almost no way you could morph the current US/SK relations to one of hostility; beyond a negligible minority of citizens in either being super vocal for some perceived slights.

[kergonath]

One could have said the exact same thing about US-EU relations just a couple of years ago. And yet, here we are.

[gitremote]

You think when ICE arrested over 300 South Korean citizens who were setting up a Georgia Hyundai plant and subjected them to alleged human rights abuses, it was only a perceived slight?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-korea-human-rights-inve...

How Trump’s ICE Raid Triggered Nationwide Outrage in South Korea

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ice-raid-hyundai-outrage-sout...

'The raid "will do lasting damage to America's credibility," John Delury, a senior fellow at the Asia Society think tank, told Bloomberg. "How can a government that treats Koreans this way be relied upon as an 'ironclad' ally in a crisis?"'

[deaddodo]

Yes.

[shantara]

A year ago, I would have easily claimed the same thing about Denmark.

[throwaway2037]

I don't follow. Can you share more context?

[marcosdumay]

The US is threatening to invade Greenland, what means active war with Denmark.

[throwaway2037]

Great point! I forgot that Greenland is not (yet) an independent nation. It is still a part of Denmark.

[smcin]

The current US admin's threats to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.

[9dev]

Trump will find a way, just as he did with Canada for example (i mean, Canada of all places). Things are way more in flux than they used to be. There’s no stability anymore.