Trump Looks Set to Bring Shift in US Approach to Allies, North Korea, Diplomacy, Tariffs

Under his America First leitmotif, incoming US President Donald Trump appears poised to bring a shift in the United States' approach to the alliance with South Korea, North Korea's unabated nuclear threats, trade and other key issues.

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Trump will take the oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday as the USA 47th president amid expectations that he will employ a diplomatic playbook that seeks to curtail America's costly overseas engagement, pressure allies to shoulder more security burden and redress US trade deficits for the sake of American interests.

His swearing-in comes as South Korea is reeling from the aftermath of now-impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched martial law bid last month, with the current period of political uncertainty feared to weaken Seoul's hands in policy coordination with the Trump administration.