Trump Reminds South Korean President About Country’s Sex Slave History With The Japanese
Jennifer Bowers Bahney Aug 25th, 2025, 4:03 pm
During an Oval Office Meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump brought up a painful subject from the nation’s past to illustrate why South Korea doesn’t get along with its neighbor, Japan.
“Japan is a great ally of us. And I had a little bit of a hard time getting your two together because you’re still thinking about Comfort Women, right? Comfort Women! That’s all they wanted to talk about was Comfort Women. And I thought that was settled a few times over the decades.”
“Comfort Women” was the euphemism given to Korean women and girls forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World W