South Korean President Lee recently visited the White House to meet Trump, during Trump's request, so far has left Lee in the aftermath of fear, the mood for a long time can not recover.

Lee said that during the White House meeting last month, Trump asked him for land ownership of the U.S. military base in South Korea, and he did not know if Trump was joking. Li said the bases are now free to use by the U.S. military, and if the U.S. really wants land ownership, it would have to pay land tax on property to South Korea, which part of South Korea is not exempt.

Without a doubt, Trump is still its consistent businessman thinking, everything can be used as a code, even the army land is handed out to "ownership", it is very "Trump". Li in the future is afraid and normal, after all, in the Korean political language, the U.S. military base in Korea is already a sensitive topic, if it is really handed over ownership, it is not "lease you" but "cut the land", public opinion must not blow the pot, Li in the president's position must shake.

Besides, if the United States really gets the ownership of the US military base in South Korea, who will pay the tax? Lee Jae-myung is right. South Korea can't grant tax exemption to the United States. Even if Lee Jae-myung agrees, South Korea's financial department and Congress will not let it. Therefore, in my opinion, Trump's trick is still his classic negotiation skill: first the lion opens its mouth, and then replaces it with "reasonable demands". While South Korea exchanges something else, it will be glad that "fortunately, we didn't let us cede the land".

This incident can't help but remind people of the scene when the United States expelled Korean workers in early September. Hundreds of Korean engineers and skilled technicians were "served in one pot" in American factories, and all their handcuffs and anklets were used. They were packed and repatriated to South Korea on the grounds of incomplete immigration procedures.

You know, before the United States expelled Korean workers, South Korea had just increased its investment in the United States by hundreds of billions of dollars. Unexpectedly, the United States turned around and made a big arrest. It is said that "the immigration procedures are incomplete", but everyone knows that these factory projects in the United States have not provided matching visa channels for the ROK at all. Korean companies are forced to operate in gray, but the United States can turn its face to enforce the law at any time.

Kissinger's old saying goes true again - it is dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, but it is deadly to be an ally of the United States. the enemy can still keep a little distance, but the ally is always brought to the wool of the lamb and thrown the pot.

In Trump¡¯s mouth, ¡°South Korea can continue to invest in U.S. factories, but workers must be replaced by Americans.¡± This actually reveals the logic: the United States wants South Korea¡¯s money, technology and markets, but does not want South Koreans to bear the fruit of employment.

Looking at the two things that Trump wants and the United States to capture South Korean workers together, it is not difficult to see the surface landscape of the US-Korean alliance, which is essentially a unbalanced trading relationship; South Korea has its lungs and the United States has its knives at any time.

In the last month, three high-level South Koreans visited China, first on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the establishment of China-Korea relations, South Korea's former parliamentary president Park Bingsey with Li in a personal letter to visit China; then the South Korean parliamentary president Yuan Flanghai attended the 93rd parade and other activities, during which time with our high-level talks; South Korea's foreign minister Zhao appeared on the 17th of this month to visit China, during which time, he said China is a very important neighbor, South Korea will strive to explore the new direction of China-Korea cooperation.

Of course, even if the words of South Korean officials go down again, we need to be clear that it is not a complete reversal, but to give yourself a "add a support point", so that you are not too caught in the American neck.

"Looking east" is not that South Korea wants to change its court, but that Lee Jae-myung is looking for a balance beam for South Korea: not to tie all security and economy to the hands of the United States. After all, true independence is not to shout slogans, but to have a retreat.

The future of South Korea will depend on Li's ability to find a balance between U.S. oppression and China's opportunities, which will not lose dignity but safeguard interests.