Obama’s Third Memoir … “President Ban Ki-moon is a good schoolboy who finds it difficult to turn down an application”

Former United States President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Miami, Florida, on the 2nd (local time) in support of Democratic candidate Joe Biden, who is ahead of the then presidential election. [AFP=연합뉴스]

In his memoirs, A Promised Land, published on the 17th (local time) by former US President Barack Obama, US President Donald Trump criticized US President Donald Trump for encouraging division of whites and people of color in America. .

The 768 pages of The Promised Land are the third memoirs of former President Obama. He published Dreams From My Father in 2006, when he was a promising senator, and The Audacity of Hope in 2008, the year he ran in all 44 presidential elections. . These memoirs are a record of my days leading the administration as the first black president of the United States.

He recalled: “When I entered the White House, I felt that my existence caused a deep panic in the inner society and broke the natural order.” Former President Obama also criticized Trump for taking advantage of white fears of the birth of a black president.

“When Trump began discussing me as an ‘illegal president because I was not born in America,’ I knew I could promise him a potion for the racial concerns millions of (white) Americans feel with ‘blacks in the White House.'” .

Former President Obama also praised this by referring to the fact that former President George W. Bush had successfully taken it and taken it. This is in contrast to the situation where President-elect Joe Biden is not even briefed on national security due to President Trump’s objection to the presidential election.

The former president of the United States, Barack Obama. [로이터=연합뉴스]

He also said of his running mate, then-Vice President Biden: “I liked the fact that if something happened to me, I was ready to serve as president and that (since he is in the vice president position) I can assure those who They worry I’m too young. ”I remembered.

“Joe is honest, dignified, loyal, and interested in ordinary people, and when things were tough, I could trust and trust him.”

Yonhap News reported that during the height of North Korea’s nuclear crisis, during the process of establishing a policy toward North Korea, it also brought up memories of meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

In the first days of his inauguration, Obama recalled that North Korea began testing ballistic missiles, and at the time of Susan Rice, the United States ambassador to the United Nations had demonstrated the ability to pass a strong sanctions resolution. against North Korea by the UN Security Council. North Korea tested a long-range rocket in April 2009, the first year of the Obama administration, and conducted a second nuclear test in May. In this case, the UN unanimously adopted Resolution 1874 on sanctions against North Korea in June.

Former President Obama delivered a speech on the theme of “ a world without nuclear weapons ” in Prague, Czech Republic, shortly after North Korea tested its missile launches. “The day before the speech, North Korea launched a long-range rocket into the Pacific Ocean to get our attention,” he recalled.

At the time, the Obama administration was looking for a way to prevent North Korea and Iran from developing nuclear programs. Meanwhile, it was assessed that the successive provocations committed by North Korea contributed to strengthening mistrust of President Obama rather than the will to negotiate with North Korea.

In 2010, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Vice President Joe Biden, and US Ambassador Susan Rice met at the UN headquarters to discuss the agenda for the 2010 Security Council meeting. [AP=연합뉴스]

Regarding the former UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, I thought, “I was like a nerdy kid who had a hard time turning down the request.” Former President Obama, who was contemplating attending the United Nations Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, said he appeared at Ban’s request.

At the time, former President Obama made climate change a matter of state, but his bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions was stalled in the Senate. Even if you attended an international conference, it was difficult to reach a binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Ban said he persistently persuaded him, saying, “It is still important that the president of the United States attend.”

Former President Obama said: “(At that point) I met Van for the first time in the White House in less than two months of taking office, and (thereafter) he began to pressure me to promise to attend the conference on climate change”.

Throughout these events, President Obama said, “Bahn was not flashy, but I liked and respected him. He was honest and very positive.” “Especially, he was very persistent on the issue of climate change that he considered a top priority.” I remembered.

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