Top officials in Washington and and Seoul say the sticking point for an agreement continues to be the logistics behind Trump’s demand that South Korea invest $350 billion in the United States.
Korean officials say a direct cash injection could destabilize their economy, and they’d rather do loans and loan guarantees instead. The country would also need a swap line to manage the flow of its currency into the U.S.
The disparity between what Trump is asking for and what South Korea can deliver threatens to overshadow the meeting between Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju, a historical city playing host to the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
It’s not as though this jackass hasn’t got significant history of taking everybody else’s money and pissingit up the wall. To add insult to injury for any potential investor, Trump will always accuse you of being the wrongdoer despite the money, fuck-ups being in his solitary control.