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70sEraVet

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15. Forget for a minute about the legal/illegal status of South Korean workers....

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 11:52 AM

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In Putin's war against Ukraine, he has become dependent on North Korean soldiers to fill the battlefields. To get those soldiers, he must give the North Korean leader something HE wants -- like a diplomatic disaster that erodes the alliance between South Korea and the US.
Putin gives orders to trump.
ICE is trump's personal army.

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Anger in Seoul as Trump calls detained South Korea workers 'illegal aliens' [View all] IcyPeas Saturday OP

One question in all of this should be - what are they paying the workers. everyonematters Saturday #1

So he's managed to piss off both North AND South Korea's leadership in one week. travelingthrulife Saturday #2

So, the foreign minister is... SickOfTheOnePct Saturday #3

We don't know whether they have been working illegally. travelingthrulife Saturday #5

See my post #4 .... and you should know .... RandomNumbers Saturday #6

Trump is an ass ... but here is some USEFUL information about the raid RandomNumbers Saturday #4

And there we have it! niyad Saturday #7

Just read yesterday that musk will soon be the first trillionaire IcyPeas Saturday #8

Welcome to life under a dictator. Girard442 Saturday #11

Krasnov wants to shut down every green energy project Martin Eden Yesterday #22

+1 dalton99a 23 hrs ago #24

Tori Branam, running for a Congressional seat in GA, claims she called ICE on the plant haele Saturday #9

This all seems very fishy n/t leftstreet Saturday #12

+1 dalton99a 22 hrs ago #28

CLOSE THE FUCKING PLANT orangecrush Saturday #10

why? niyad Saturday #17

Because it's not safe for other countries to run businesses here anymore. orangecrush Saturday #19

Understood, and thank you for explaining. niyad Saturday #20

Most welcome. orangecrush Saturday #21

the devil went down to georgia Tetrachloride Saturday #13

This could prove interesting. Trump is a bull in a China shop. Martin68 Saturday #14

Forget for a minute about the legal/illegal status of South Korean workers.... 70sEraVet Saturday #15

Excellent point ... RandomNumbers Saturday #16

Why does that not even surprise me? niyad Saturday #18

K&R UTUSN 23 hrs ago #23

In the face of this raid EndlessWire 22 hrs ago #25

Trump breaking up the international democracy alliance for Putin and Xi. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #26

+1. Putin chose well. dalton99a 22 hrs ago #27

The overlooked part of the story here is that Hyundai did not think they could find Prairie Gates 22 hrs ago #29

"the wages they wanted were too high" - how high were they? RandomNumbers 18 hrs ago #30