President Moon’s approval ratings have declined from 45 percent last week to 42 percent this week according to a Gallup Korea survey conducted from February 25-27.
Alexis Dudden of the University of Connecticut and the Council’s Karl Friedhoff join Deep Dish to discuss the bad blood between Japan and South Korea.
New data from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs suggests the difference in opinion between the public and the White House is beginning to narrow on the perceived threat of China.
A primary worry among US and South Korean analysts is that President Trump will offer to reduce the number of US troops in Korea and receive no meaningful concessions from North Korea in return.
The United States is perceived as a greater threat around the world, is unable to convince its own public of what it has deemed a threat (China) and will struggle to enlist the help of allies.
If the president wants to wreck at least ten years of solid South Korean public support for the US-Korea alliance, he is already headed down the right path.
