THIS is the moment the South Korean president presented a beaming Donald Trump with a gold medal and a golden crown.
He’s in the country for a superpower summit with PorcelainXi Jinping, and rumors have circulated that Kim Jong-un could also make an appearance at this latest stop on Trump’s tour of Asia.
Hoping to woo Trump into finalizing a deal with his own country, President Lee Jae Myung bestowed Trump with South Korea’s highest honor and presented him with a replica of an ancient gold crown.
Trump became the first American to receive the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, for his efforts to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula during his first term.
Trump met three times with North KoreaKim hoping to get him to sign an agreement toward denuclearization, although he ultimately failed.
Looking at the neck piece, he said, “I’d like to wear it now. I’ll appreciate it.”
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the crown It was also on the table, displayed in a glass case.
Trump told Lee the gift was “very special” but did not attempt to wear the crown.
The glowing totems were “anticipation of the peace and prosperity they will bring to the Korean Peninsula,” Trump heard.
He also enjoyed a dessert of “brownies and tangerines garnished with gold” served on a plate with the word “PEACE,” to “celebrate a golden era of the Korea-U.S. alliance,” Lee’s office said.
Japan – where Trump just signed a $490 billion trade deal – took a similar approach.
There, the new leader, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, presented Trump with a gold medal. golf a golf ball, a putter and a golf bag that belonged to Trump’s late friend, the assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Washington and Seoul, however, have struggled to reach a trade deal.
The main sticking point is reportedly Trump’s demand that South Korea invest $350 billion in the U.S. economy.
Korean officials say providing cash could destabilize their own economy.
Trump said they are very close to reaching an agreement, although it was not ready yet.
There was a “considerable” possibility Kim Jong Un will join Trump today, a South Korean minister said last week.
North Korea appeared to be “paying attention to the USA and several signs…suggest a considerable possibility of a meeting,” Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said.
Kim Jong-un hoped to attract the attention of the United States in return.
He fired a cruise missile into the sky just hours before Trump landed in South Korea, for no apparent purpose.
Pyongyang said the warship launch was a “deterrence exercise.”
Trump has said he hopes to meet with Kim again at some point.
However, during the meeting with Lee, Trump suggested that he could be ruled out because their agendas don’t match.
He said: “I know you are officially at war, but we will see what we can do to solve it.
“I know Kim Jong Un very well, we get along very well.”
It is unclear how much contact the Trump administration has had with the Kim regime since returning to power.
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Trump will stay in South Korea to meet Xi Jinping tomorrow, and has said that he is confident that “they will have a good agreement.
It is a meeting of enormous consequences for investors on both sides of the Pacific, who hope that trade tensions will ease.
