Trump met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to talk trade, shipbuilding, and North Korea

Donald Trump met South Korean president Lee Jae Myung on Monday at the White House, just weeks after both countries struck a last-minute trade ￰0￱ opened the talks by saying the ￰1￱ behind Lee “100%.” The meeting came less than two months after Lee took office in June through a snap ￰2￱ discussion covered national security, trade, and a shipbuilding ￰3￱ said the ￰4￱ to buy ships from South ￰5￱ two leaders also talked about North Korea and peace talks, with Lee asking Trump to help stabilize the Korean ￰6￱ questions South Korea, backs Lee anyway Lee called the Oval Office “bright and beautiful” when he arrived, signaling a smooth ￰7￱ just hours earlier, Trump had posted online that South Korea was going through a “purge” or even a “revolution.” That came after news broke about corruption investigations involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee, including searches at churches and at Osan Air Base.

“It didn’t sound to me like South Korea,” Trump said during the ￰8￱ that, Trump had no issues sitting down with Lee and discussing plans moving ￰9￱ brought up peace on the Korean Peninsula and even pitched the idea of building a Trump Tower in North ￰10￱ said he has a “great relationship” with Kim Jong Un and is ready to meet him ￰11￱ added, “We can do big progress with North Korea.” There was no schedule or plan confirmed for that future meeting, but Trump was clearly open to making it ￰12￱ deal limits tariffs, raises investment questions On the trade front, South Korea and the ￰13￱ recently agreed to a deal that capped tariffs at 15% on Korean ￰14￱ figure was below the 25% threat Trump had made earlier.

Still, Trump didn’t signal any willingness to lower the number more. “I hear they want to renegotiate the deal, but that’s OK, I don’t mind that,” Trump said. “That doesn’t mean they’re going to get anything, but I don’t mind.” He also repeated his previous claim that South Korea would provide $350 billion for U. S.-controlled investments.

“Selected by myself, as President,” Trump ￰15￱ promise has raised questions. It’s still unclear how that $350 billion would be structured or if it’s even legally ￰16￱ shipbuilding part of the talks was pitched as a win, with Trump stating the ￰17￱ purchase ships directly from South Korean ￰18￱ delivery numbers or companies were ￰19￱ was Lee’s first big foreign meeting since taking ￰20￱ was seen as a test of his ability to handle tense ￰21￱ didn’t make many bold statements ￰22￱ of the remarks came from Trump, who dominated the headlines ￰23￱ Difference Wire helps crypto brands break through and dominate headlines fast