South Korea Asks What Rational Business Would Invest in US under Trump

South Korean media united against Trump’s duplicitous, show off arrests of Koreans in a Georgia Hyundai plant, seeing it as a fundamental breach, betrayal, outrage, and national humiliation.

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South Korean media have united against U.S. President Donald Trump’s “duplicitous” “show off” raid and arrests of South Koreans in a Georgia Hyundai plant with “betrayal, outrage, national humiliation” as well as seeing in it a “fundamental breach of US-ROK alliance.”

They questioned why any rational business would invest in the U.S. under these circumstances, which should be concerning to Trump and the United States given South Korean conglomerate Hyundai Motor Group pledged to invest billions in the U.S. for new auto and parts production, a steel mill, and a robotics facility, creating thousands of jobs.

This investment is a part of South Korea's broader commitment of a $350 billion investment in strategic U.S. industries, which was part of a trade deal with the United States in July 2025.

“I don’t think people in the US understand the level of impact this raid/set of arrests i…