[Global Network Reporter Jiang Yiling] Time magazine published an exclusive interview with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on the 18th local time, during which Lee Jae-myung talked about a number of issues, including the relationship with US President Trump and the land ownership of the US military base in South Korea mentioned by Trump.

In response to Trump's request last month at the White House summit to hand over the ownership of the US military base land to the US, Lee said: "I believe he's joking because the US is already using these bases and land for free."

Speaking of tariff negotiations with the United States, Li said in Ming, "If (according to the US request) an agreement is reached, I may be impeached."In the past, Trump announced that the tariffs on South Korean products will be reduced from the previously planned 25% to 15%, with the main trading partners such as Japan, the EU, and the exchange condition is that South Korea invests $ 350 billion in the United States.

Speaking of gifts like giving a golf ball to Trump during the talks, Lee said, ¡°I know President Trump played golf great, so if I played a golf game with him, I might lose even worse!¡±

Lee also said that with their extraordinary growth experience and common determination to win, he was able to establish a harmonious personal relationship with Trump.

The interview took place on the occasion of Li's 100th day as president, and was held in Longshan Presidential Palace on the 3rd of this month.

Earlier, at Trump's invitation, Lee Jae-myung visited the United States from August 24th to 26th, and met with Trump on the 25th. The two sides discussed North Korea relations, shipbuilding cooperation, US-Japan-ROK relations, etc. However, it is worth noting that the two sides have not issued a joint statement or announced "significant achievements" after the talks, which highlights a series of unresolved issues between the United States and South Korea, involving economy, trade, security and other fields. Hong Kong's South China Morning Post previously quoted experts as saying that during the talks, Trump expressed the hope that the ROK would hand over the land ownership of some US military bases in South Korea to the US, which made Lee Jae-myung encounter an "unexpected heavy challenge".