When presidents go abroad, they do so expecting to return home with accomplishments to tout domestically. Yoon Seok-yeol likely had similar expectations when he left for a trip that would take him to London, New York and Ottawa. 

But instead of announcing its achievements, the administration spent much of the last week contorting itself to defend his actions and remarks. 

To quickly recap: Yoon arrived in London to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral only to promptly miss the casket viewingdue to what his office said was heavy traffic. That did not seem to be a problem for every other