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Trump Hosts South Korea’s Lee as Tariff Deal Details and North Korea Policy Dominate Talks

The White House meeting highlighted lingering uncertainty over implementing the new tariff pact, with major U.S. investment pledges still unsettled.

El presidente Donald Trump, a la derecha, se reúne con el presidente surcoreano, Lee Jae Myung, en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, el lunes 25 de agosto de 2025, en Washington
FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. U.S. analysts say they have located more than half of an estimated 20 secret North Korean missile development facilities. The findings come as the Trump administration’s denuclearization talks with the North appear to have stalled. And they highlight the challenge the U.S. faces in ensuring that North Korea complies with any eventual agreement that covers its nuclear and missile programs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)
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Propone Trump reunirse con Kim Jong-un para acordar la paz

Overview

  • The leaders discussed trade, defense cooperation and supply‑chain ties in semiconductors, batteries, shipbuilding and critical minerals at their first White House meeting.
  • Hours before the talks, Trump warned on Truth Social of a “purge” in South Korea that could chill business, then in the Oval Office recast it as a misunderstanding tied to rumors, against a backdrop of prosecutors seeking the arrest of ex–prime minister Han Duck‑soo and the detention of former president Yoon Suk Yeol.
  • A last‑minute tariff agreement previously averted steeper U.S. duties, yet key implementation terms and multi‑billion‑dollar U.S. investment pledges remain unresolved, with Seoul signaling specifics were not on the summit agenda.
  • Trump said he is open to another meeting with Kim Jong‑un, while Seoul says Washington supports Lee’s three‑stage denuclearization plan even as Pyongyang rejects talks unless denuclearization is dropped from the agenda.
  • Trump questioned U.S. basing terms by suggesting rescinding the Osan Air Base lease to seek land ownership and pressed for higher cost‑sharing, with about 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea.