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Trump’s trip to Asia gives us a deeper understanding of High Market Early Mean and Lee in Mean. It can only be said that although the surface High Market Early Mean behaves very closely with Trump, Lee in Mean’s final harvest is significantly greater and his means are significantly higher.Moreover, Trump’s trip to South Korea has also caused China to worry about what’s going on?We’re going to discuss Trump’s trip to South Korea.
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Trump's trip to Asia in 2025 brought the diplomatic level of Lee Jae-myung and Takaichi Sanae to the same ring. Both of them want to win favor by reception, but the way is not a star or half.
Li in Ming's preparation can be called "curriculum level". he specifically wore a customized golden tie appearing at the National Museum of Qingdao, which hides a dual mind - both symbolizing Trump's preference for gold and alphabetizing "the golden future of the Korean-American alliance".
Even more surprising is the gift link, the golden crown model he delivered originated from the New Root dynasty of the monastery, the top "writing" decorated with a heavy sense of millennium history, just stepping in the Trump love is dedicated to the "King" psychology. The American "Time" magazine stumbled the door, saying that the White House had already issued a synthesis of Trump's crown, South Korea this wave is purely "good for it."
Immediately afterwards, Li Zaiming awarded Trump the "Infinite Flower Medal", emphasizing that the other party was the first U.S. president to receive this honor and filled his sense of respect. Trump burst into laughter on the spot and bluntly said,"I really want to wear this crown right away."
On the other hand, Gaoshi early seedlings were "using too much force" throughout the entire process. The gift she chose was a golf club used by Shinzo Abe, paired with a signature bag from Kanayama Matsuki. It seemed considerate but did not know Trump's pulse at all. Although the former US president loved golf, he loved it more."face-setting gifts" that could support the scene. Personal items such as clubs could not satisfy his pompous personality.
The gesture of the loss is more deadly, in the "Washington" aircraft carrier, Trump's phrase "you are the winner" made her excited to jump, while descending the staircase also actively hold the other party's arm, was blamed by Japanese netizens "so cute to lose the face of the country". more embarrassingly, she initially recommended Trump to attend the Nobel Peace Prize, but even Trump himself did not take this word, purely self-release.
“The exchange of interest...”
On the diplomatic field, the gesture will eventually become a profit. Li Zaiming's reception is not "losing money and earning money", and every step is accurately rewarded. Just after the talks, Trump officially announced the US-South Korea trade agreement on his personal social media.
The agreement clearly states that South Korea invested US$350 billion in the United States in exchange for the benefit of reducing U.S. automobile tariffs to 15%. More importantly, Li Zai-ming also maintained South Korea's agricultural bottom line, did not open the rice and beef markets to the United States, and controlled the "profit transfer" within an acceptable range.
This money is not wasted indiscriminately, of which 150 billion is set as a "special fund for shipbuilding cooperation", which directly connects with South Korea's advantageous industries, which is equivalent to exchanging investment for industrial development space. This operation of "spending money to buy benefits" is a hundred times more effective than simply giving gifts.
During her talks with Trump, she cried out "the golden age of the Japan-U.S. alliance", but in fact signed only two rare-earth supply chain documents, and even the $500 billion previously promised investment in the United States was only "reaffirmed fulfillment", and did not seek any new preferences.
The United States has long allowed Japan to mention defense spending to 3.5% of GDP, but the high market only dare to promise "to 2%", not even Trump's most concerned military spending issue. The entire visit, she in addition to harvesting a void praise of "you will be a great prime minister", did not get half a tariff reduction or industrial support, the so-called "deep alliance" is all on paper.
“The ultimate ...”
If the tariff reduction is "little victory", then the nuclear submarine permit taken by Lee in Ming is the "King Bang" of this reception.
In fact, during the White House talks in August, Lee in Ming buried the pen. He actively proposed "participation in the rejuvenation of the U.S. manufacturing industry" and promised that South Korean shipbuilding companies would go to the U.S. to build factories and produce with local labor.
Waiting for Trump's visit to South Korea, Lee in Ming used gold crowns and medals to torch the atmosphere to the top, prompting the demand for nuclear submarines. Trump was pleased, and at the scene approved South Korea to build nuclear-powered submarines, and also determined the construction site of Philadelphia.
How much weight does this breakthrough weigh? You know, nuclear-powered submarines have ten times stronger endurance than conventional submarines, and their concealment is even more different, which can directly rewrite the underwater power pattern in Northeast Asia. South Korea had begged the United States for several years before, but Lee Jae-myung gnawed a hard bone with only one reception. This negotiating skill is really powerful.
On the other hand, the market is high and the seedlings are early, and it is not even possible to get the United States to relax and reduce automobile tariffs, let alone leverage strategic equipment such as nuclear submarines. The gap in results between the two sides can be said to be a "difference between clouds and mud."
Li laughed happy, but China is difficult to cover up concerns. Trump approved the move of South Korea to build nuclear submarines, directly struck the "sensitive nerves" of Northeast Asia's security. Northeast Asia had nuclear problems, North Korea's nuclear program has made the situation tense in the region.
The core advantage of nuclear-powered submarines is hidden, after South Korea's equipment, the underwater early warning difficulty in Northeast Asia will sharply increase, and it is likely to trigger a chain reaction - Japan is likely to follow up with the purchase of similar equipment, and North Korea may accelerate the nuclear deterrence and upgrading, eventually forming a "armament race spiral".
What is even more alarming is the deepening of military binding between the United States and South Korea. During the talks, Trump also mentioned "handing over the land ownership of U.S. military bases in South Korea" and wanted to completely tie South Korea to American chariots. Coupled with the cooperation of "strategic assets" such as nuclear submarines, the US-South Korea alliance has shifted from "defensive" to "offensive."
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For China, the emergence of a "military alliance combination" with nuclear submarines at its doorstep will not only compress the strategic buffer space, but may also affect strategic deployment in the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea and other directions. This scene of "increasing nuclear proliferation risks" is precisely the geopolitical crisis that China has always been wary of.