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This was not illegal immigration, these were people in the US for the specific purpose of getting this plant up and running because there is no one in the US with the skills required to do it. You've shot yourself it the foot big time but enjoy the power trip.

He did. He said he preferred sympathy. Except they are two very different things. Feeling sorry for someone is not the same as being able to put yourself in their shoes.

They don't want to hear that. They got their show and now they have an empty plant that was going to provide 8500 direct local jobs and all the support jobs that go with an operation that size. Not only that, those batteries were likely going to be used to supply a Hyundai assembly plant in the US. Trump says he wants manufacturing to come to the US. Well, you would never know it.

So now you have an empty plant, no jobs and no money going into the economy, just because you wanted to put on a show and act the tough guy. As well as a wealthy country seriously wondering whether it wants to establish manufacturing in the US at all.

Did they? Were they given an ultimatum? Was the Korean government informed? It may be fun to play the tough guy but it will have consequences. All you have really done is royally p!ss off the most powerful ally you have in the Pacific. Charlie Kirk said he didn't believe in empathy and it seems this administration agrees with him. Problem is, if you can't put yourself in some else's shoes, you will never understand the real consequences of your actions.

So tell the companies that they have to remove their people and give them a deadline. Instead you send in a bunch of masked goons and lead them out in chains. It's a miracle that even one of them elected to stay and train Americans to do the job. If they did something like that to me, you couldn't get me out of the country fast enough.

They were setting up a plant that will employ Americans.They tried to get visas but you won't issue them. No worries, some other country will benefit.

Carry on stupid then. They are investing billions in your country and this is what you do.

Considering that the US now considers China to be the biggest threat, why in gods name would Trump go out of his way to p!ss off his most powerful ally in the region. They went after a company that is bringing manufacturing the US for crap sake. ICE is on a power trip and doing real damage. It needs to be reigned in. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/12/south-korean-outrage-at-us-detention-ordeal-as-300-workers-return-home

Brazil gives Bosonaro 27 years. So much for being intimidated by Trump's tariffs.

It's more of a cultural thing than a gun thing. Switzerland also has compulsory military service and their reserves can keep their firearms at home. Nordic countries do the same. Access to ammunition is also controlled in Switzerland. We're better than a lot of third world countries isn't something to brag about.

He attended one semester at Utah State in 2021. He was currently in the third year of an electrical apprenticeship program at a technical college. More likely radicalized by the internet.

Well if you read their regulations they have almost nothing in common with the US. Last I looked 0.597 is more than 0.233 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate Firearms per 100 population US 120.5 Switzerland 27.6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country More than guns themselves it is the US wild west culture that surrounds them.

https://www.thethings.com/stephen-colbert-challenged-kathy-griffin-when-asking-about-the-fallout-from-her-trump-photo/

What Griffin did wasn't funny and I was shocked at the time. I knew she pushed boundaries but didn't think she was that stupid. It got her fired as a co host at CNN's New Years coverage and Colbert blasted her when she was a guest. People say what they say and need to be held accountable, on both sides.

Even though he says he will never be a Republican, Maher is pretty even with his criticism. He doesn't hold back about what he sees as the Democrat's faults and they might do well to listen.

When have I done that? When have they done that? Griffith deserved some rough treatment. How far do you want to take this shit? What's the end game for you?

He was both.

Be nice if some here could do the same.

Good. She has no business being a civil servant.

I'm not justifying anything. I just wonder why you can't apply the same standard to both.

What?

Carry on crazy. I give up.

Why does everything have to be a fight to the death with you !diots? Your country is going to hell in a hand basket and you just keep the accelerator floored.

Sorry you took it that way but that's your problem.