US President Donald Trump criticized what he described as a ‘purge or revolution’ happening in South Korea just hours before President Lee Jae-myung’s visit to the White House. Meanwhile, South Korean Justice Minister Chung Sung-ho expressed the impression that Trump and other Washington officials hold ‘distorted information’ about President Lee and the ruling liberal party. These tensions come amid recent disputes over defense spending and trade that have tested the decades-old alliance between the two countries.