Jung Yong-jin, who met Trump and Musk... "Musk is not interested in Korea." [Y Record]

■ Host: Kim Sun-young Anchor, Jeong Chae-woon Anchor
■ Starring: Jeong Chul-jin, Economic Critic

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◆ Anchor
He said he spoke with Trump for about 15 minutes, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he only briefly greeted him. Musk said he was not interested in Korea.

◇ Jeong Cheol-jin
I don't know how to express that I'm not interested, but I don't know the exact wordings. I'm very interested. Because every day, Korea is in trouble because of our low birth rate problem, Korea is in trouble. I'm very interested, but I thought that maybe Elon Musk doesn't disclose his investment plans at the business level, so that could be an expression that he's not interested in Korea. However, Chairman Chung Yong-jin also likes SNS very much, and wouldn't there be an SNS point of contact with old Twitter and X? So isn't business, especially E-Mart, trying to change its aircraft carrier by making a major shift from offline to online and e-commerce? In this regard, there were many business dimensions of SNS marketing, so there was rather a lot to do with Musk. That's what I'm thinking. It was said that the meeting time was relatively short. It's Mar-a-Lago Resort for 5 nights and 6 days, so there must have been a lot of people passing by.

◆ Anchor
We can't give too much meaning to a single meeting, but since Korea's entry into the U.S. and diplomatic issues are also very important in this regard, it's not bad for the national interest to strengthen this closeness. Can we see it like this?

◇ It's Jeong Cheol-jin
. In addition, I saw him in the first term, but the Trump-elect and Trump style itself solves everything through negotiations. Give and take, give and take. Since I'm solving problems in this way, I have a certain amount of connections that I don't know at all, and I'm always doing the next business through this channel. So, Chairman Chung Yong-jin's meeting this time, doesn't Trump Jr.'s eldest son also work at Trump's camp? It's also the next big shot. I think there's also an ambition in the political world to try. So you can see that positively. Probably, Chairman Kim Seung-yeon is also found to be Hanwha's Trump connection besides Chairman Chung Yong-jin. In my opinion, the real influencer of the second Trump period is Samsung Group Chairman Lee Jae-yong. Because in the first term, there was already a combination with Trump. Didn't you meet Elon Musk quite often? However, since Musk is the heavyweight of Trump's second term, Chairman Lee Jae-yong is not yet stepping up, and he has the ability to play a very role. Perhaps Chairman Lee Jae-yong wants to make sure that he has his second trial and does outside activities. It will be released at the end of January or early February next year, so we will have to watch Chairman Lee Jae-yong's card after that.

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: Yoon Hyun-kyung, Editor of the Digital News Team
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