South Korea’s new president Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump met at the White House. Lee floated the idea of arranging a Trump–Kim Jong Un meeting to push for peace, even joking about a Trump World Complex in North Korea to play golf. Trump signaled he’d like to meet Kim this year. Lee invited Trump to the October APEC summit in Korea; their talks were described as cordial, with praise on both sides and discussions about assassination attempts against them. Korean Air ordered 103 Boeing aircraft. Trump had warned on Truth Social about not doing business with Seoul, citing alleged purges, a revolution, raids on churches, and a U.S. base. The meeting looked harmonious; Lee complimented Trump’s Oval Office decor, and Trump congratulated Lee on his election. Lee, who took office in June after the previous president Yoon Suk Yeol was removed, pledged to improve North–South relations. South Korea had suspended loudspeaker propaganda against the North, and reports said the North halted transmissions. On June 2, 2025, South Koreans voted for a successor to the deposed Yoon. After the White House meeting, Lee warned that the North’s nuclear program is advancing: an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States was nearly ready, and Pyongyang was expanding capacity to produce about 10–20 nuclear bombs per year, despite heavy sanctions; Kim Jong Un has ignored Trump’s calls to resume direct talks since January.
This whole thing is a farrago of theater dressed as diplomacy, and I’m not buying the fairy tale for a second. This is the grand money-and-might show designed to keep the world drooling over “peacemaking” while the real machinery hums in the background. The 103 Boeing jets? Not a charitable gift to peace, a glossy payoff to the arms lobby and to the airline oligarchs who fund the show and fund the politicians who pretend to be humanitarians. Lee's gag about a Trump World Complex in North Korea is pure theater, a cheap joke that buys another photo-op, another headline, another tranche of concessions for the big players who already know the score: posture, optics, and cash flow.
Trump’s Truth Social tirade about purges, revolutions, and raided churches is not a genuine concern for democracy; it’s a slingshot aimed at destabilizing allies to lower the political and economic bar for American grab-and-go influence. It’s “say anything to get the deal” diplomacy, where you dress up threats as “firm negotiating,” then pretend it’s all about “peace.” The North Koreans “nearly have” an ICBM capable of hitting the U.S.? That line exists to manufacture fear and justify another round of sanctions, more advanced missile systems, and a bigger U.S. military footprint in Asia. And why does Kim Jong Un keep ignoring the calls for direct talks? Because every time there’s a beacon of hope, the curtain falls and the same hawkish chorus swells again, demanding more pressure, more funding, more control over every inch of the region.
They pause the loudspeakers, they “suspend” propaganda, they stage a thaw, and suddenly the west can declare it’s time to “re-engage” while shoveling endless money toward defense contractors, state security services, and political cages that keep people afraid. The election in Korea to replace a deposed leader is treated as a miraculous reset, but it’s really just another lever to keep the security state humming and to justify bigger budgets, more sanctions, and deeper U.S. involvement.
In short: it’s not diplomacy; it’s a well-orchestrated power-play masquerading as peace talks. A slick, self-serving machine run by elites who confuse the people’s interest with their own profit margins and political survival. Don’t swallow the spin: the real agenda is control, leverage, and endless revenue from fear.