South Korean President says Trump has already set his sights on a new Target after Iran

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The South Korean president has issued an ominous warning to his neighbors.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung reveals some striking details of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in France.

Now that he has reached a memorandum of understanding with Iran to end the conflict in the Middle East, Donald Trump wants to focus on resolving the North Korean issue. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung reported this on Friday after a meeting with his U.S. counterpart in France.

Focus on North Korea

“President Trump said it is time to focus on the North Korean issue,” Lee told reporters in Seoul. He revealed details of his meeting with Trump during the G7 summit in Evian. The South Korean president also told Trump that the sanctions and pressure on North Korea over its nuclear program are ineffective.

“The effectiveness of the sanctions has been diminished by the military cooperation between North Korea and Russia in the war in Ukraine,” Lee continued. “Even a small amount of assistance from Russia is of great benefit to North Korea.”

Photo fuels speculation

On Sunday, just a few hours after announcing the agreement with Iran, Trump posted a striking photo on social media of himself with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un from their 2018 meeting in Singapore. He did so without adding a caption. This fueled speculation that the Trump administration would now turn its attention to nuclear-armed North Korea.

The South Korean president emphasized that the traditional sanctions strategy no longer works due to the changed geopolitical situation.

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