President Donald Trump hosted Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea , at the White House on Monday afternoon, after Trump threatened on social media not to do business with Seoul due to what the U.S. president called a “Purge or Revolution” taking place in South Korea , referring to raids on churches and on a U.S. military base by the country’s new government.

But any prospect of a hostile Oval Office meeting evaporated after Lee heaped praise onto Trump — lauding the decor, beseeching Trump to continue to help with Korean peace efforts and even suggesting a Trump Tower in North Korea.

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