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South Korea chooses to bring ‘exhausted and in-shock’ workers home after plant raid

It has now emerged that Trump asked his officials to “encourage” the detained South Korean workers to extend their stay in the country and train American employees, foreign ministry officials in Seoul said at a briefing.

The president “emphasised that the detained Korean nationals were skilled workers and suggested they either remain in the U.S. to contribute to training the American workforce or be returned to South Korea, depending on Seoul’s stance”, a South Korean official said, according to the Financial Times.

Many of the arrested workers were exhausted and in shock and foreign minister Cho Hyun suggested that they instead return immediately to their home country. They could be allowed to go back to the U.S. for work later if necessary, the officials said.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 206 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

This is the managerial talent that bankrupts casinos.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The joke of the Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino was that Trump still made money on both operations. What ultimately bankrupted the casinos was all the unpaid debts and obligations and liens by contractors.

He'd hire people, refuse to pay them when the work was complete, and take them to court over every little thing. The business was siloed off from Trump's personal holdings, so the only thing anyone could collect on was a building that had liabilities far in excess of revenues (which Trump was embezzling anyway). By the time Taj Mahal was sold off and Plaza Hotel and Casino was demolished, they were underwater several times their book value.

This was a miserable way to run a business. And it wasn't a particularly savvy way to make money long term. But as a Bust Out, it went relatively smoothly. The state officials of New Jersey played along in exchange for handsome contributions to their election funds, the regulators stayed out of Trump's hair(piece), and the Trump family left the market richer than when they started, which is all they really cared about.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 36 points 1 day ago

The New York Times showed in 2020 that he’s also been using his hundreds of millions of dollars in “debts” to avoid paying taxes for literally decades now as well.

He’s provably a sham from top to bottom and his fans love it.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Also the money laundering got a little too sloppy so his russian mob handlers told him to burn it.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So, same strats but now the casino is a (increasingly "former") superpower that can make war.

Yeah, that checks out.

What I really don't understand is how destroying the country will benefit these ultra-rich, if like, say, the dollar becomes worthless and the economy stagnates into freefall a la Great Depression.

Do I not understand global economics of the ultra-elite or is there really some Epstein-crypto-island-2.0 where gold bars are the only currency, where they're planning on skittering off to when they've left the rest of the planet a smoldering ruin?

Seriously, they're the greediest most self-serving liars this side of Hell, I don't think "Watch it all burn just for lulz" is the actual endgame and yet they're so ridiculously inept and violent that seems to be the only logical outcome that can be seen miles away and closing fast...

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Mob bosses's idiot nephew with a loud mouth that pushed his way to a managerial position even though he has no talent at all but thinks he is the smartest person in the room because everyone is afraid of him and his family.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Hell, I'd take Christopher Moltisanti for president over this jabroni any day of the week

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 80 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If I was one of those workers, the only way I'd set foot on American soil again is on a pilgrimage to piss on Trump's grave.

[–] swemg@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

If you get special tours to do it for all these pos graves you could for sure get the tourism up

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 76 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Step 1: Tariffs the entire world. Encourage companies to build factories in the country to avoid said tariffs. Step 2: Raid and arrest people sent to build said factories. Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit???

[–] Elbow1240@lemmy.zip 55 points 1 day ago

You forgot "Tariff the raw materials not available in the US that the factories would need."

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

funny thing it was a maga candidate of the state that tipped ICE, i think the locals are pissed at the magat for doing this.

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Conservatives are so fucking dumb.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Constantly shooting themselves in the dick and then yelling about how its the "radical left"

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The incompetence is off the charts, it's obvious ICE are just racist goons who act first ask questions never.

"Oh you want me to arrest people different than me? Oh hell yes!"

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Yes. The American government is now the galactic empire of Trump, and you get resulting policies and foot soldiers to go with it. It's what ya voted for, enjoy!

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They are chasing those bonuses they are promised. The utter distaste I have toward them. I'm just thankful I haven't encountered any of them.

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[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

I really hope all those out of shape gestapo are getting doxxed out the ass

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Their lack of intelligence, tact, and humanity are all genuinely breathtaking at times.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

And they always manage to sink to ever lower depths of idiocy.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

At this point? ... the idiocy is not in their actions ... the idiocy is in the inaction of the rest of the country.

I can only stomach saying how stupid someone is for so long .... after a while, I start looking at the crowd of people standing around the idiot as they let him get away with everything.

[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

As long as the money continues to flow upwards.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"C'mon baby, it was just one little arrest! It didn't mean anything!"

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hearing this in the South Park Trump Voice.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

"Relax, guuuuy!"

[–] nozone@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago

They could be allowed to go back to the U.S. for work later if necessary, the officials said.

Yeah, that's totally reasonable. I'd totally come back to get raided by racist goons a second time. What planet do these fucking idiots come from? I'd pull all investments from America if I was a from a not insane foreign nation.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

South Korean workers, so "exhausted and in shock" that they desperately want to go back to South Korean work culture.

LMAO you've truly outdone yourselves.

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

I mean, we've seen what ICE does to non-white people with no actual evidence. Christ, I'd want to go back to the evil I know, rather than the evil I don't. I wouldn't want to end up in some random prison in some random country for the crime of having the wrong skin color or ethnicity.

Also, let's not forget that this was all due to a salty, ignorant Trump support running for Georgia office.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-branum-republican-hyundai-georgia-immigration-raid-1235422245/

So much own goaling here.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I must apologize for the Americans. They are idiots. We have purposely trained them wrong, as a joke.

[–] no_im_doesnt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Chicken go cluck cluck! Cow go moo! Piggie go oink oink! How 'bout you?

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

Americans: "If you've got an ass, I'LL KICK IT!"

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

The probelm with people like trump is that hes too stupid to know hes stupid and too evil to care about anyone else.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

Trump probably: "We threatened them over and over, brandished weapons and hid our faces! We treated them like animals. Gave them every opportunity to see how we dominate them, even the ones here legally. Why do they not want to work here!"

[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

...Isn't that what most of them were doing anyway? They were setting up equipment and training people up?

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

That's not even the right racism!

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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Abusers do that.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It's about time Hugo Boss starts designing uniforms again I think

[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago

its interesting that 47 would think that its OK to encorage reshoring of manufacturing via stealing training and IP of foreign firms. They are not stupid.

[–] Onyxonblack@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

Amerikkka is being run by seriously fucking stupid Nazis. when will their unbound idiocy come back to bite them? Hopefully soon! It's going to be eternally embarrassing if this clown regime actually cements anything long into the police state. My money is on the idea that it will all spectacularly come crashing down, and soon!

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

imagine all the vehicles made by people in place where the environment is not taken care of with high levels of pollution everywhere that also does not properly fund education and has just made sure that all the properly trained people from some other country that could work/train would not want to work there that could potentially be on United States roads soon

fetal alcohol syndrome is also still a big issue so there is that too

think about the factory close where currently staying that has had multiple fatal accidents this year with one of those involving a forklift having over thousand pounds on it that took a curve too hard and all the load fell on someone with only the head undamaged still talking

where are we heading in the United States? back to no standards like when that chicken plant caught fire in North Carolina

good ol' days had some moments sure but overall they really sucked

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[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

you can thank that maga lady for tipping off ice.

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