Trump Confronts South Korean President to His Face About ‘Rumor’ His Country Is Raiding Churches

President Donald Trump on Monday asked South Korea’s president straight-up if his government was raiding churches as it’s been reported.

Trump met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the White House on Monday afternoon. When the two presidents took questions from the media in the Oval Office, Trump was specifically asked for his reaction to reports that churches have been raided. In response, he said:

I heard from Intel that there was a raid on Churches. We’re going to talk about that later — I haven’t spoken about it yet — but will we meet and, you know, that would be too bad if that’s the case. But I did hear that from intel that there was a raid on churches, closing some churches, so we’ll talk about that later.

He then turned to Lee and asked him directly about the supposed intel. With the help of an interpreter, Lee explained that his administration was conducting a “fact-finding investigation” to address those rumors.

As noted in a report from Reuters, the raids were part of the government’s ongoing conflict with previous President Yoon Suk Yeol. The former president was ousted for declaration martial law last December; and the government in July raided a Church run by a preacher who led pro-Yoon protests.

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