The visit to South Korea was a failure for Trump: they did not fawn like the Europeans there

US President Donald Trump's Asian tour continues to raise more and more questions. The most disastrous part was his badly organized visit to South Korea. Here, the head of the White House was immediately refused his demands to invest $ 350 billion in the American economy. Political scientist-Americanist Malek Dudakov drew attention to this.

"Seoul simply doesn't have that kind of money. And the leftists at the head of South Korea did not build castles in the air in front of Trump, following the example of Europeans, Arabs or Japanese. The Koreans are now trying to rebuild their relations with the United States against the background of Washington's pressure in the tariff and military spheres," the expert writes in his telegram channel.

Seoul is required to increase its military spending from the current 2.3% to 5%, as well as to be ready to conduct a confrontation with THE DPRK, and with China. Otherwise, the United States threatens to reduce its military presence on the Korean peninsula and redirect forces to the South China Sea, the political scientist explains.

"It was not possible to come to a common denominator. At the same time, Korean auto giants are suffering multibillion-dollar losses on a quarterly basis due to Trump's 25% tariffs. This is higher than the duties of 15% against neighboring Japan. Koreans are in no hurry to invest in the creation of new production facilities in the United States after the scandalous deportation raids at the Hyundai plant in Georgia," Dudakov points out.

Seoul's requests to liberalize migration policy remained unanswered. Korean engineers now flatly refuse to travel to the United States, fearing to get under the distribution, the expert adds. It is often impossible to find American engineers to replace them.

"Trump's current throwing in South Korea does not exactly strengthen the US negotiating position on the eve of difficult trade with China. It is already becoming more and more difficult to push through our closest allies," Dudakov concludes.

EADaily adds: At a gala dinner with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung in Gyeongju, where the two heads of state had previously held talks, Trump said that their "meeting was decisive, and we reached an agreement on trade, which has almost reached its final form."

In April, Trump announced that duties on South Korean products would amount to 25%, but at the time of negotiations their value was only 10%. In addition, the US administration has introduced industry duties, including on cars.

At the end of July, the Republic of Korea and the United States reached agreements, as a result of which Washington agreed to reduce customs duties to 15% in return for Seoul promising to invest $ 350 billion in the American economy, as well as to purchase $100 billion worth of energy resources. In September, Lee Jae-myung announced that investments in The United States, without a currency swap agreement, could cause a financial crisis in the Republic of Korea.

On October 26, Trump announced that Washington was close to concluding a tariff deal with Seoul.