In addition to Korea being one of our most important military allies in the world, you need batteries for military drones, and the US is way behind in the development of a domestic manufacturing supply chain for next gen batteries.
So now we know clearly that nationalist xenophobia the true most important priority for this administration. Or at least, more important than either the domestic economic interests of their own base or strategic national security interests.
> So now we know clearly that nationalist xenophobia the true most important priority for this administration
Just now? The man entered politics and the first thing he said was how he was going to build a wall to keep the "criminal, diseased, rapist" Mexicans out. Yeah, of course this administration is preoccupied with nationalist xenophobia.
> nationalist xenophobia the true most important priority for this administration
It is a little more complicated than that. It is what around 40% of American population want. (Then another 9.5% or so voted for Trump based on the price of eggs, the fact that the other candidate was a woman, and so on).
Just because the people voted for Trump does not mean that the people don't want visa laws followed. Also, voting for someone does not give that someone carte blanche to do whatever the hell they please.
> “There was widespread anger across the political spectrum in South Korea at the behavior of the U.S. authorities"
Korean politics (like everywhere else) has gotten incredibly polarised in the last few years, but this incident managed to unite them for a little while before they devolved back to blaming each other as for why this had happened.
Stephen Miller has always seemed a bit freaky and fascist. Here's him last month:
>The Democrat [sic] Party does not fight for, care about, or represent American citizens. It is an entity devoted exclusively [his emphasis] to the defense of hardened criminals, gang-bangers, and illegal, alien killers and terrorists. The Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization.
and possibly greatly reduced foreign investment for 3 years
“Other attorneys and I are hearing from companies in Asia and Europe who say, ‘Maybe we should hold off on big investments in the U.S. for at least three years.’”
Exactly. If I'm a foreign company thinking about setting up a factory in the US, I'd probably pass.
With the tariffs it's already going to be hard to get the equipment you need into the US without spending a significant amount of money. But now you run the risk of the US arresting and deporting all your skilled workers setting up and managing that factory? No thank you.
It's in the article, that's when they'll resume work on the plant.
> According to LG Energy Solution, construction at the plant will remain on hold until the first half of 2026, reported WJCL, delaying by several months when U.S. workers can begin jobs at the facility.
ICE took away the workers that were delivering and installing equipment, which introduced delays into the construction process.
The battery plant was just to make batteries for EVs. The Trump administration has made clear it is anti-EV, so the Trump administration would not consider this a significant loss.
> the part that has been the most surprising is how stupid it is
Read The Wages of Destruction.
The Nazis were economically inept. This part of fascism’s history—its incompetence–is often overwritten by stories of gleaming German engineering and Italian timeliness.
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So now we know clearly that nationalist xenophobia the true most important priority for this administration. Or at least, more important than either the domestic economic interests of their own base or strategic national security interests.
Just now? The man entered politics and the first thing he said was how he was going to build a wall to keep the "criminal, diseased, rapist" Mexicans out. Yeah, of course this administration is preoccupied with nationalist xenophobia.
It is a little more complicated than that. It is what around 40% of American population want. (Then another 9.5% or so voted for Trump based on the price of eggs, the fact that the other candidate was a woman, and so on).
Korean politics (like everywhere else) has gotten incredibly polarised in the last few years, but this incident managed to unite them for a little while before they devolved back to blaming each other as for why this had happened.
>The Democrat [sic] Party does not fight for, care about, or represent American citizens. It is an entity devoted exclusively [his emphasis] to the defense of hardened criminals, gang-bangers, and illegal, alien killers and terrorists. The Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization.
Hope they don't try to ban it.
Especially the ones that involve shooting the US in its own proverbial economic foot, for ideological reasons.
“Other attorneys and I are hearing from companies in Asia and Europe who say, ‘Maybe we should hold off on big investments in the U.S. for at least three years.’”
With the tariffs it's already going to be hard to get the equipment you need into the US without spending a significant amount of money. But now you run the risk of the US arresting and deporting all your skilled workers setting up and managing that factory? No thank you.
Absolutely braindead move.
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> According to LG Energy Solution, construction at the plant will remain on hold until the first half of 2026, reported WJCL, delaying by several months when U.S. workers can begin jobs at the facility.
ICE took away the workers that were delivering and installing equipment, which introduced delays into the construction process.
[1] https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-09-16/busines...
The most loyal people will be the people who lack skill since they only have the position due to the higher ups ensuring loyalty.
Inept authoritarianism - the worse of both worlds.
Read The Wages of Destruction.
The Nazis were economically inept. This part of fascism’s history—its incompetence–is often overwritten by stories of gleaming German engineering and Italian timeliness.
I mean, Mussolini did try to ban pasta in Italy...
https://bigthink.com/the-past/pasta-italy-mussolini/
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