"The United States has established a strategic partnership with the DPRK. ”
According to the US Fox News Network reported on September 29, US Vice President Kamala Harris made a big oolong during his visit to South Korea. During her trip to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the border between the two Koreas, she unexpectedly announced a strategic partnership between the United States and North Korea.
It is worth mentioning that the official website of the White House also mentioned this slip of the tongue in the memorandum afterwards, but the website "intimately" crossed out the word "North" in North Korea (called North Korea by the United States).
For Harris's major slip of the tongue, many American netizens began to complain. The term "Harris" briefly appeared on Twitter's hot search, and many American netizens took the opportunity to express their dissatisfaction with the Biden administration.
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White House news screenshot, very thoughtfully crossed out the "error"
In the Twitter high praise comments, some netizens complained that Harris "north and south are not separated": "Harris never goes to the southern border of the United States, because she always makes the air force pilot send her to Canada." ”
Some Republican supporters said that first Biden "suspected of forgetting that the congresswoman had died and shouted on the spot", and then Harris said that North Korea is our ally, do Democratic voters now realize that they have messed up everything?
Some netizens simply called out, "Harris actually said that North Korea is our ally, I really can't stand it." ”
Of course, there are also Democratic supporters who "fight back" and say that Harris at least did not salute the North Korean general like Trump.
Alberto Miguel, a former U.S. diplomat, tweeted sarcastically: "Diplomacy is back, baby." Obviously, during the Biden administration, we changed our position on North Korea, and no one told us. It's not like her boss, she can't use being older as an excuse. ”
Although there has been a disturbance, the situation between the DPRK and the ROK is full of gunpowder. On the day of Harris's visit, Yonhap News Agency reported on September 29 that Yonhap had said North Korea had launched unidentified ballistic missiles into the eastern seas.
As the first senior person in the Biden administration to visit the inter-Korean demilitarized zone, Harris said in front of the military demarcation line that the threat of war still exists and that the United States and South Korea are ready for any contingencies. Harris also blamed North Korea's ballistic missile launch program for undermining peace and stability in the region.
On the same day, Harris also boarded with South Korean military personnel to see the North Korean side. Harris got South Korea's name right in his subsequent speech. "The U.S.-South Korea alliance stands ready to respond to any emergency. I would say that the U.S. commitment to defending South Korea is unwavering. ”
Harris looks at the North Korean outpost Yonhap video screenshot
In addition to discussing the North Korean threat, Harris also discussed issues of mutual concern with the South Korean president.
Yonhap News Agency said that Harris held talks with Yoon Seok-wook at the Yongsan Presidential Palace in Seoul that morning. During the 85-minute talks, the two sides exchanged views on strengthening bilateral relations, the North Korean issue, economic security, and regional and international hotspot issues.
Lee Jae-myung, deputy spokesman for the South Korean president's office, said at a press conference that Yoon Seok-hyeong expressed South Korea's concerns about the US Inflation Reduction Act, and Harris promised to develop a plan to eliminate South Korea's concerns during the implementation of the bill.
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