President Trump Impressed By Samsung Plant Near Camp Humphreys

The President likes big things and this Samsung plant near Camp Humphreys was big enough to catch his attention:

U.S. President Donald Trump was so impressed with a Samsung Electronics manufacturing plant, he could hardly contain himself.

“I happened to fly over a building,” he said, according to a White House release of a conversation between the president and some 20 heads of Korean conglomerates on Sunday at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, where the president stayed. The meeting lasted about 30 minutes. 

“It was one of the largest buildings I’ve ever seen; Samsung. Samsung […]And it was a manufacturing building,” he added. “And you know what I’m talking about, right?

“I looked; I said, ‘What the hell is that?’ It was acre on acre. How tall is that building? Like 12 or 10? Ten stories? I want to see it. I want to see it. I want to get some ideas.” 

Trump arrived on Air Force One at Osan Air Base, a U.S. Air Force Base at Pyeongtaek. He flew from there on Marine One, a helicopter, to Yongsan Garrison.

According to a Samsung official, the company has a semiconductor plant in Hwaseong, slightly north of Osan Air Base. 

“The plant has a Samsung logo on it,” said the Samsung official. “I think that’s what President Trump saw.” 

The flight path from Osan to Yongsan crosses close to Gyeongbu expressway, where Samsung plant is located. 

The plant that Trump probably saw is a new production line that was opened in April and where President Moon Jae-in announced Korea’s “system semiconductor” vision.

It is just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the U.S. base, and during the weekdays when there is less traffic, it only takes 30 minutes by car to travel from the base to the plant. 

Joong Ang Ilbo

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