“The new President of South Korea, elected in June, Lee Jae, said his staff “feared that we could face the” moment of Zelensky “” during his first meeting with US President Donald Trump in the White House on August 25, after he wrote a post in the Social School.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: American edition Politico with reference to the speech of Korean President at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington
Details: At the same time, he added that he himself was convinced that he would not face a situation that happened to President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, when Trump and Vice president Jay Vice was confronting with him on an oval office.
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“This is because I read President Trump’s book The Art of the Agreement,” Lee explained.
He noted that the conversation with Trump was “better than he expected.” According to Lee, he better understood Trump, received encouragement, and their meeting lasted longer than planned.
The publication reminds that before the meeting, Trump decided to add drama to this event, publishing in the morning of August 25 in Truth Social post: “What is happening in South Korea? Looks like cleaning or revolution. We cannot do it and do business there. Today I meet with this! He then also told the press that he had “heard bad things” about the internal political situation in South Korea.
However, on Monday evening, both leaders concentrated their conversation on strengthening the economic ties between countries, as well as how to “modernize our bilateral union, so that it becomes more mutual and focused on the future in accordance with the changing security situation.”
At the same time, he did not provide details about the oral trade agreement, which he concluded with Trump last month and which sets a 15 percent customs rate for goods in exchange in exchange for an obligation to invest over $ 350 billion and additionally purchase energy worth $ 100 billion.
On Monday, Trump said the South Korean side hoped to review some of the terms of this trade agreement. But later that day, Trump stated that the US would not yield.
“They had some problems with this, but we remained adamant. We are going, they are going to enter into an agreement that we agreed,” Trump said.
After that, during the day news about investments of South Korean companies in the United States.
Amazon has announced that it would be united with South Korean companies to help launch small nuclear reactors across the country with the help of an X-Energy startup, which, according to companies, will invest $ 50 billion. And Boeing and GE Aerospace have signed an agreement with Korean Air worth $ 50 billion on the purchase of 103 Boeing aircraft.
It is also reported that on August 26, Lee should visit a shipyard in Philadelphia, which was purchased by the South Korean firm in December. This is one of the industries where the US administration is counting on South Korean investments to help revitalize the US industry that has lagged behind world standards.
“The Korean shipbuilding industry, equipped with the most powerful opportunities in the world, will bring the revival of the US shipbuilding industry and will create a new historical turning point for mutual prosperity,” Lee said.
He also emphasized the importance of a military union between the US and South Korea in the fight against what he called the growing threat of nuclear weapons by North Korea. Lee stated that Seoul did not intend to develop his own nuclear deterrents, but warned that Pyongyang’s desire to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with nuclear warheads is a growing international threat.
At the same time, the South Korean President did not give way to the question of his country’s relations with China, avoiding any mention of rupture of ties with the second largest economy in the world and the largest geopolitical player in Asia.
“Currently, Korea is somewhat distant from US export control and supply chains to China. But since we are geographically very close to China, we maintain our relationship with China,” Lee said.