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White House-foreign policy message
White House posts Trump's photo taken at Gimhae Int'l Airport with stern message after Maduro's capture
By Song Sang-ho
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The White House has posted a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump visiting a South Korean airport on social media, with a stern warning message following the recent military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
On Saturday, it posted the black-and-white photo of Trump at Gimhae International Airport in Korea's southeastern city of Busan -- where he held a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Oct. 30 -- with a terse message on X: "No games, FAFO."
FAFO is short for f*** around and find out -- a slang expression used as a warning that if someone acts recklessly, they will face negative consequences.
The release of the photo coincided with "Operation Absolute Resolve" -- the military operation that kicked off Friday night and stretched into Saturday morning, aimed at bringing Maduro to justice for drug trafficking and other charges in the United States.
The expression, FAFO, appears to underscore Trump's efforts to reassert American might in the Western Hemisphere and warn potential adversaries against posing challenges to American interests.
The White House's use of the photo raised questions about whether it carried any message to rival countries given that Maduro's capture came at a time when the Trump administration apparently seeks to counter the growing influence of China or Russia in the Western Hemisphere, observers said.
During his speech in Quantico, Virginia in September, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also used the expression, FAFO, in a message to potential adversaries, saying that "if necessary, our troops can translate that for you."
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