By Charlie Campbell
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“I believe that we should distinguish our short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals,” he says. “As our short-term goal, we should stop their nuclear and missile programs. And we might be able to compensate them for some of these measures and afterwards then pursue disarmament and then complete denuclearization.”
3. Lee believes he can develop a rapport with Trump despite their divergent worldviews
The leaders of the U.S. and South Korea appear odd bedfellows. Trump was born with a silver spoon; Lee’s gambling addict father was too poor to even provide crayons. Trump has been repeatedly sued for alleged worker rights violations; Lee was a labor rights lawyer who gleefully brought exploitative tycoons to book. While Trump espouses a populist brand of conservatism, Lee’s Democratic Party adheres to a leftist, progressive orthodoxy.
Still, Lee believes he can build a personal rapport with the 45th and 47th U.S. President based on their unconventional upbringings and a mutual determination to succeed. “I believe that we share a commonality in that we both have a strong desire to accomplish many things and want to leave a legacy that people will remember,” says Lee. “We also share that we did not live a mainstream life like other people.”
