South Korea, Lee Jay Meong, is asking Sahar during the Trump meeting

Hours before South Korean President Lee Jay Meongi met, the position of US President Donald Trump, a social position in fact.

“What is happening in South Korea?” Trump wrote, referring to “cleansing or revolution” – which many saw a reference to the trial of former President Yun Suk Yol for his failed attempt to impose martial law last December.

But Lee operated magic and avoided repeatedly what happened to Volodimir Zelinski in Ukraine or Cyril Ramavusa, South Africa.

But the meeting dominated Trump’s continuous references to North Korea, and despite the compliment of Lee, it did not achieve much by alleviating trade and defense issues. Here are three main meals.

The Lee team was tense of this meeting, and they had a good reason to be: Trump historically warned of South Korea, although he was an American ally. In the past, he accused it of independent transfer of tens of thousands of American forces stationed on the peninsula that helps to defend North Korea. He also criticized Seoul’s defensive spending and its trade surplus with the United States.

It has a leftist politician, with a good reputation in Washington, playing with the worst Trump fears. He was skeptical in the US coalition and said he wanted to develop stronger relations with China. Some American conservative commentators also drew as “hostile to the United States.”

Lee team was concerned that he might be exposed to an oval office in his clothes and had to defend itself against the theories of the right -wing plot.

The real social truth in the hours before the meeting gave them intimidation. It seems that Trump’s fateful message referring to the effects of the martial law crisis in South Korea last December, and the efforts made by the government of Mr. Lee and the prosecutors to investigate the president who was overthrown by Yoon Sok, his wife, and former members of his government.

It is an extreme right -wing right in South Korea, and even some in the United States, have been flammable.

This was the nightmare scenario for South Korean officials – that Mr. Lee might have to defend himself against the theories of the right wing plot. But when the meeting arrived, Mr. Trump raised the case, just to clean it quickly as a possible misunderstanding.

But a compliment strategy for me worked clearly. He was wondering for the first time the new “bright and beautiful” appearance of the Oval Office, then praised the personal theaters that the American president had built with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

He told me: “The only person who can make progress, Mr. President.” “If you become the peacemaker, I will help you by being a heartbeat.”

Maase for me to build a Trump tower in North Korea and play the golf there.

If this looks little, this was the South Korea strategy for this high meeting, which was aimed at covering trade, the role of American forces in South Korea and the extent of Seoul spending on its defense.

The first goal of the Lee team was to make sure that it left the oval office on the good side of Trump.

Later, when one of my correspondents was asked about his previous comments on the South Korean authorities that are interested in the churches, Trump said he heard about it through “Intel” but “he did not seem like South Korea.”

Trump said that “rumors” were probably “misunderstanding.” When he told me that the authorities were investigating the prosecution, Trump said he was sure that she would “work on it.”

It seemed as if I had avoided the moment of Zelensky in the White House – and his team could breathe a sigh of relief.

It may seem strange to see President Trump sitting next to the South Korean leader, at his first meeting ever, talking about the quality of Kim Jong Un, the enemy of the southern oath, and how much he looks at his interview again.

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

The new president of South Korea Lee Jay Meong is a new approach to North Korea more than his predecessor, who was accused by Kim Jong Un.

In fact, it was Lee who started the conversation about Kim Jong Un, and President Trump praised the personal relationship with which he built with the North Korean leader, and asked him to act as a “peace maker” on the Korean Peninsula.

He wants me to speak to Kim, to establish peaceful relationships between the north and the south, but he knows that Trump has a much better chance to achieve this than he does.

Trump, who met Kim three times in his first term, often raises the dictator. The famous Trump said that the husband “fell in love” during the exchange of messages.

“I spent a lot of free time with him, and I am talking about things that we may not be supposed to talk about,” Trump said on Monday. “I really agree 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 either of them.

North Korea has repeatedly rejected me attempts to talk, and ignored the United States’ attempts to restore a dialogue. The door was not closed when talking to Trump, but he indicated that it should be in completely different terms than before – on the basis that North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons.

This is now something that Seoul and Washington must try to move.

The White House visiting agenda was trade and defense. But no concrete agreements have been made to either of them.

Seoul managed to negotiate the American definitions on South Korean goods to 15 %, after Trump threatened rates of up to 25 %. This came after Seoul agreed to invest $ 350 billion (264.1 billion pounds) in the United States – 150 billion dollars, of which it will go to help the United States build ships.

South Korea owns the prosperous shipbuilding industry, building more ships than any other country in the world unlike China, at a time when the construction of American and naval ships decreases.

Just hours after the White House meeting, the Korean air She announced that she will buy 103 Boeing aircraft.

But the customs tariff for South Korean goods will not be reduced any time soon. “I think we have a deal,” Trump told reporters after the meeting. “They have faced some problems with her, but we adhere to our rifles.”

The meeting did little to transfer other thorny issues from bilateral relations.

On Monday, Trump avoided a question about the withdrawal of American forces from South Korea – the idea that the White House has played with Trump South Korea over and over again by taking advantage of American protection and not paying enough defense.

Also on Monday, Trump put forward the idea of ​​allowing the United States to own the plot of land that inhabits the Osan Air Force Base, to the south of Seoul, run by the United States and South Korea jointly.

But some assertion that I had from Trump, at least, was the economic alliance between their countries. Trump told reporters in my presence.

“We love what they do, love their products, love their ships, and we love many of the things they make,” he said. Meanwhile, South Korea needs oil and gas, and the United States will circulate with them.