Congressional leaders have invited South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol to address a joint meeting of Congress when he visits the United States later this month, to mark the 70-year anniversary of the alliance between the two countries.
, making a rare personal appeal as the wife of a foreign leader for the United States to provide Ukraine with more arms to counter the Russian invasion of her country.
Yoon, who took office last May with no previous political or foreign policy experience, would be addressing a joint meeting of Congress for the first time.insulting Congress members as “idiots” who could be a potential embarrassment for Biden if they did not approve funding for global public health. At the time, Yoon had just met with Biden at the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference in New York City. There, Biden had pledged $6 billion from the United States to the public health campaign, which fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria worldwide. The funding required congressional approval.
“It would be so humiliating for Biden if these idiots don’t pass it in Congress,” Yoon was overheard telling a group of aides as they left the event. Video of the exchange quickly went viral in South Korea. Yoon’s office denied that his remarks were targeted at the United States.
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