The following article is an opinion piece by Andrei Lankov, a professor at Kookmin University in South Korea and a director at Korea Risk Group, which oversees NK News and NK Pro. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

Most of my American friends are happy these days — they believe that U.S. President Donald Trump’s impending exit from the White House is good news for the country and the world at large.

They might be right, but I have mixed feelings about the premature end of Trump’s reign.