South Korean President Yoon Seok-hyeol has recently become the target of collective resentment from the South Korean people for making South Korea lose face and grovel before Japan and the United States, especially in the United States, where Yoon's flattery has reached an unprecedented level. However, Yin Xiyue lowered his voice so lowly, and in the end, the result was one slap after another by the United States.
(Leaders of pro-Japanese countries are rare after World War II)
For South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue's various pro-Japanese and flattering behaviors, the Korean media have exposed a lot these days; Coupled with the various policies of the South Korean government, many observers find it incredible. Leaving aside the uproarious "issue of forced labor compensation in World War II" and Yin Xiyue's deep bow to the Japanese flag, it is said that Yin Xiyue almost broke his heart for his visit to the United States. According to South Korean media, Yoon Seok-yue has an important trip in the United States, that is, to deliver a speech in the National Assembly, and some South Korean right-wing media boast that "South Korea is the second country to enjoy this honor in 2023 after French President Macron."
In order to please his master, Yin Xiyue decided to use English throughout this speech, scrutinizing his speech word by word every day, and reciting the full text in the morning and greedily; Previously, the "Korea Herald" also revealed that Yoon Seok-yue usually likes to mix English words when he speaks, and was even ridiculed as an "English complex" by the opposition.
Experts believe that behind Yoon Seok-yue's various flattering behaviors is his declining political support in South Korea; The latest polls show that his approval rating remains at less than 27 percent, even lower than Park's approval rating in the early days of the cult scandal. At the same time, South Korea's economy is in deep trouble, and it has had a trade deficit for 13 consecutive months, and it is getting bigger and bigger, and chip exports as a pillar industry are shrinking; South Korea's opposition parties control a majority in parliament and repeatedly block bills from Yoon's government, making it difficult for him to do anything.
In this context, Yoon Seok-yue can only try to curry favor with the United States and seek the United States to take care of him on issues such as market access and the cost of US troops stationed in South Korea; But can he get his wish? I'm afraid it's difficult, the United States now prefers to pick big sticks, probably because Yin Xiyue's sandbag is too soft and feels too good to pick up, so the slap is one after another.
(The more humble Yoon Seok-yue is, the more vigorous the American stick is)
According to the Financial Times, during Yin Xiyue's visit to the United States, he will be strongly pressured by the United States in the semiconductor field, asking South Korean companies not to fill the gap in the Chinese market after China banned Micron's products from being sold in China; "Han Minzu News" believes that in the context of the United States' strengthened containment strategy against China, this kind of direct use of South Korea as a gun is an infringement of South Korea's economic sovereignty; South Korea's "JoongAng Ilbo" also believes that it is impossible to expect the United States to take care of South Korea, the United States now only cares about its own interests, and South Korea should also take a good look at what its interests are.
After the previous "listening incident" was exposed, the South Korean opposition party mocked Yoon Seok-yue for "being slapped first before he went to the United States"; Now "the first slap hot feeling has not faded, the second slap in the United States is coming", and then the third: the US technology company sued South Korea's Samsung Electronics infringement case verdict, Samsung Electronics was fined 400 billion won, South Korean media said sadly, "Samsung only earned 600 billion won in a quarter, but has to pay 400 billion to the United States."
It's really worthy of being a "dear father", and it is not light or heavy. Behind this series of slaps, Yoon Seok-yue will be more humiliated in the United States; Although Yin Xiyue seems to have been treated with courtesy from the activities he has carried out since his arrival in the United States, I am afraid that none of his demands on his master will be fulfilled.
(I have to say that Yin Xiyue knows too well what "dignity and humility" are)
Yoon Seok-yue's various behaviors were denounced by South Korean netizens as "traitors"; As the United States slaps more and more, his approval rating will only get lower and lower. Just before visiting the United States, Yoon Seok-yue publicly declared in an interview with the US media that "Japan cannot accept kneeling for the history of 100 years ago", which once again made South Korean netizens fry; Such a groveling president, in the face of China, presupposes the word "national character", which can only make others see jokes. You can't sell your international status if you sell your country, and you don't even respect yourself, so how can Yoon Seok-yue expect others to respect South Korea?