Lee lives through summit without a ‘Zelenskyy moment’


Seoul survivor: Lee (left) and Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House. — AP

South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung narrowly avoided what he called a “Zelenskyy moment” after US President Donald Trump welcomed him to Washington with right-wing conspiracy theories but then pulled off a high-stakes summit without unwanted drama.

Monday’s summit, the first between the two leaders, was largely what South Korea had hoped for, despite its inauspicious start, officials and analysts said.

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