WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump greeted Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea, by asserting that a “Purge or Revolution" was taking place there and threatening to not do business with Seoul as he prepared to host the new leader at the White House later Monday.

It was not immediately clear what Trump was referring to, but South Korea had been in a state of political turmoil for the last several months after its former leader, the conservative Yoon Suk Yeol, briefly imposed martial law last December which eventually led to his stunning ouster from office.

“WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA? Seems like a Purge or Revolution. We can’t have that and do business there," Trump posted on social media Monday morning. "I am seeing the new President today at the White House. Thank

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