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As the president of the United States, Donald Trump, was diagnosed with a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) a month before the presidential elections of the United States, the anticipated ‘Oktober Surprise’, that is, the possibility of a surprise talk in North America became cloudy.
As Trump-style diplomacy of the ‘top-down method’ encounters a major obstacle to his confirmation of the 19th crown, the US-US dialogue is predicted to be difficult to conduct in October.
President Trump announced on his Twitter on the second day (local time) that “Melania and I tested positive for Corona 19 tonight.”
President Trump wrote briefly, saying, “We will begin the quarantine and recovery process immediately” and “we will get through it together.” President Trump said the day before, as confirmed by White House aide Hope Hicks, a Corona 19 aide, Ms Melania and Ms had undergone diagnostic testing and was in self-isolation. According to the White House, there are no major problems with the current health of the Trump couple.
The news of President Trump’s confirmation of Corona 19 is expected to be a huge variable in the diplomatic calendar surrounding the Korean Peninsula. In particular, there are observations that the possibility of performing the Oktober Surprise is less.
Oktober Surprise is a term that refers to the possibility of a surprise dialogue or a small-scale agreement between North American leaders in October. It has been raised alongside the possibility of President Trump using the North Korean issue as an anti-war letter just before the November presidential election.
At one point, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that he would visit Korea from 7-8, raising expectations for the Oktober surprise performance. Some have even raised the possibility of the third summit between the United States and North Korea. This is because President Trump has held two summit meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, leading the top-down dialogue with North Korea.
However, with President Trump’s confirmation, Secretary of State Pompeo’s visit to Korea became uncertain. Minister Pompeo said the President and Mrs. Trump are reviewing their trip to Asia shortly after they tested positive for Corona 19.
According to Reuters on the 2nd (local time), Minister Pompeo said at a press conference immediately after boarding a flight from Rome to Dubrovnik, Croatia: “There is no decision to reconsider the reconsideration of the trip to Asia, but as a measure of caution”.
Eventually, not only President Trump, who is the central axis of the North American dialogue, but also Secretary Pompeo, will inevitably have a disruption in the schedule of the Korean peninsula, which is expected to negatively affect the possibility of realizing the dialogue with States. United.
The news of President Trump’s confirmation is expected to be bad news for the Korean government, which has been busy trying to resume talks with the United States.
President Moon Jae-in held a close discussion with the United States administration, urging the international community to proactively end the war on the Korean Peninsula through a keynote address at the 75th General Assembly of the UN on the 22nd of last month (local time).
Previously, Kim Hyun-jong, the second deputy chief of the Blue House Office of National Security, and Lee Do-hoon, head of the Korean Peninsula Peace Negotiation Headquarters, visited the United States one after another last month. last to discuss the declaration of the end of the war, denuclearization and the current problems of the Republic of Korea.
(Seoul = News 1)
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