Lee, Lee Ja Maun, fascinated while meeting Trump

A few hours before South Korean President, Lee Jay Muen was to meet with US President Donald Trump, the social post of truth fell.

“What’s going on in South Korea?” Trump wrote, pointing to a “cleaning or revolution” – which many have seen as a reference to the persecution of the former president Juno Yeola for his unsuccessful attempt to impose martial law in December last year.

But Lee turned on the charm and disabled the repetition of what happened to Ukraine Zelensky or Cyril Ramaphos South Africa.

But at the meeting, Trump’s permanent links were dominated by North Korea, and despite Lee, she did not get much by weakening trade and protection issues. Here are three main trips.

The team was nervous from this meeting, and they had good reasons: Trump has historically wary of South Korea, despite the fact that it is an ally of the United States. In the past, he accused him of loading tens of thousands of US troops located on the peninsula, helping to defend himself against North Korea. He also criticized Seoul’s defense and trading surplus.

Lee, left politician, has a reputation in Washington, which plays in the worst fears of Trump. He was skeptical of the US alliance and said he wanted to develop stronger ties with China. It was also depicted by some US conservative commentators as “anti -American”.

Lee’s team survived that it could be subjected to the oval, which is dressed and will have to protect against the theories of the right wing.

The social post of truth a few hours before the meeting will give them scare. Trump’s sinister sound appears to refer to the consequences of South Korean military legislation last December, and the government’s efforts and Mr. Lee’s prosecutor’s office to investigate the lifted President Yon Suk Jol, his wife and former members of his government.

This is what in South Korea and even some in the US.

It was a scenario of a nightmare for South Korean officials – that Mr. Lee could be forced to defend himself against the theories of the right wing. But when the meeting approached, Mr. Trump raised this question, just to postpone it as a likely misunderstanding.

But the strategy of leaves was clearly worked. He first wondered the “bright and beautiful” new appearance of the oval office, and then appreciated the personal connection that the US president built with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un.

“The only person who can succeed is you, Mr. The president,” said Mr. Lee. “If you become a peacekeeper, then I help you, being a pacemaker.”

Lee even joked about the creation of a Trump tower in North Korea and playing there for golf.

If it seems a bit of reinforcement, it was a South Korean strategy for this meeting with high shares, which was intended to cover trade, the role of US troops in South Korea and how much Seoul spends on his defense.

The target number one team Lee was to make sure he left the oval cabinet on Trump’s good side.

Later, when asked by the reporter about his previous comments to the South Korean authorities, Trump said he had heard about it through “Intel”, but “it doesn’t seem to me as South Korea.”

“Rumors” is probably “misunderstanding,” Trump said. When Lee said the authorities were investigating the lawsuit, Trump said they were sure they would “work out it”.

Lee seemed to avoid the Zelensky moment in the White House – and his team could breathe a sigh of relief.

At the first ever meeting, the meeting may look strange to see how President Trump was sitting next to South Korea leader, talking about how well he went with Kim Jong Un, the sworn enemy of the South, and how he looks forward to him again.

But this is actually one of the few areas of common soil in these two leaders.

A relatively new South Korean president, Li Jun, is taking a new approach to North Korea than a predecessor who was accused of confronting Kim Chenun.

In fact, Lee initiated a conversation about Kim Jong -un, who praised President Trump for his personal connection he built with the North Korean leader, and asked him to act as a “peacekeeper” in the Korean Peninsula.

Lee wants to talk to Kim, establish a peaceful relationship between the north and south, but he knows that Trump has a lot more likely to do it than he.

Trump, who met Kim three times in the first term, often calls the dictator. Trump perfectly said that the couple “fell in love” during the exchange of letters.

“I spent a lot of free time with him, talking about the things we probably don’t talk about,” Trump said on Monday. “I’m very well with him.”

“I look forward to meeting Kim Jong Un in the appropriate future,” Trump added.

The question is whether Kim Jong Un wants to talk to any of them.

North Korea repeatedly rejected Lee’s attempts and ignored the US attempts to restart the dialogue. He did not close the door to talk to Trump, but suggested that it should be in completely different conditions than before – based on the fact that North Korea did not give up its nuclear weapons.

Now it’s something that Seoul and Washington should try to move.

Lee’s high on the agenda of the White House’s visit was trade and protection. But there were no specific agreements either.

Seoulo managed to agree on tariffs in the US in South Korean goods up to 15%, after Trump threatened to rate up to 25%. This happened after Seoul agreed to invest $ 350 billion (£ 264.1 billion) in the US, $ 150 billion, of which the ships will help.

South Korea has a prosperous shipbuilding industry, building more vessels than any other country in the world except China, at a time when the US shipbuilding and its fleet are in decline.

And a few hours after the meeting of the White House Lee, Korean Air announced to buy 103 Boeing aircraft.

But the tariffs for South Korean goods will not be reduced soon. “I think we have a deal,” Trump said after the meeting, not giving more information. “They had some problems with this, but we followed weapons.”

The meeting also made little to move other prickly issues of bilateral ties.

On Monday, Trump sent the issue of recalling US troops from South Korea – the idea that the White House reportedly played when Trump has repeatedly accused South Korea of ​​using the US defense and not paying for defense.

Also on Monday, Trump sailed the idea to allow the US to own Asana Air Base, south of Seoul, jointly ruling US and South Korea.

But some confidence that Lee received from Trump, at least, was an economic union between their countries. US and South Korea “need each other” for trade, Trump told reporters in the presence of Lee.

“We love what they do, we love their product, we love their ships, we love a lot of things they do,” he said. Meanwhile, South Korea needs oil and gas, and the US will trade those with them.