South Korean President: Trump is the peacemaker between North and South, I am just a runner-up

Trump: "I hope to meet with Kim Jong-un this year" ... Lee Jae-myung: "Please build a Trump World in North Korea, so I can also play golf"

On the local time 25th, in the White House in Washington D.C., South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held a South Korea-U.S. summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying: "I look forward to President Trump opening up a new path of peace on the Korean Peninsula," "If you, Mr. President, are a peacemaker, I will be a runner-up." Trump replied: "I believe we can make great progress on the North Korea issue."

On that day, during the summit meeting held in the Oval Office (presidential office) of the White House, Lee Jae-myung said: "Among global leaders, you, President Trump, are the first one who pays attention to global peace issues and achieves actual results," "The wars in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have ceased and achieved peace because of the role of President Trump."

Lee Jae-myung also said: "Please try your best to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula, the only divided country in the world, and meet with Chairman Kim Jong-un, build a Trump World in North Korea, so I can also play golf," "I sincerely hope you can play the role of a world-historical peacemaker."

Lee Jae-myung said: "In fact, thanks to President Trump, the relationship between North Korea and the Korean Peninsula was once very stable," "During the period when the president temporarily left the American political arena, North Korea not only developed a large number of missiles, but also increased its nuclear weapons. The situation on the Korean Peninsula made no progress and became very bad."

Regarding this, Trump said: "If I were elected, such things would not happen." Lee Jae-myung said: "I completely agree with you," "Not long ago, when Kim Yo-jong criticized the United States and me, she also expressed that she did not doubt the special relationship between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un, showing the intention of waiting (for Trump to contact).

Lee Jae-myung also said: "The current inter-Korean relations are difficult to improve with my intervention alone," "In fact, President Trump is the only person who can solve this problem." He said: "If you, Mr. President, are the peacemaker, I will be the runner-up." In response, Trump replied: "I will do it," "I believe we can make great progress on the North Korea issue." Trump said: "I have a very good relationship with Chairman Kim Jong-un, and we respect each other," "If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had been elected, it would absolutely not have been possible."

Trump said: "In fact, at the beginning, my relationship with Kim Jong-un was not good, and we even called each other 'rocket man,' which was a funny story," "When South Korea hosted the Olympics, many people did not want to buy tickets because of North Korea's attitude," "One day, I started calling Kim Jong-un, and he said that North Korea would participate in the Olympics held in South Korea," "After that phone call, the sales of Olympic tickets began to soar."

Regarding the question of when he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Trump replied: "I need to meet many people, it's hard to say, but I hope to meet him this year."

In October, the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Leaders' Informal Meeting will be held in Gyeongju, South Korea. Regarding whether he would attend, Trump replied: "I think I will go." However, regarding the question of whether he would meet with Kim Jong-un if he attended the APEC, he said: "It's hard to say," "It would be good to have the opportunity to meet with Kim Jong-un again."

Source: Chosun Ilbo

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