Rhyu Si-min: "President Lee Keeps Isolating Himself... Dismantling His Own House Like Yoon Suk Yeol"

Author and pro-government commentator Rhyu Si-min criticized President Lee Jae-myung, saying, "For a year and a half (since taking office), he has continued down a path of isolating himself. The result is the dismantling of his camp."

Appearing on the YouTube channel "Park Si-young TV" yesterday (October 28), Rhyu pointed to the "dismantling of the camp" as the primary reason behind the decline in approval ratings for state administration, criticizing, "The president dismantled the very camp that made him president. I am not even sure if he has any will to restore this dismantled camp with his own hands."

Regarding the "dismantling of the camp," Rhyu also remarked, "The Yoon Suk Yeol beetle completely dismantled its own house, and the current administration and President Lee Jae-myung are doing the exact same thing."

He also cited the four-character idiom "Gunju Minsu" (meaning the people are the river and the ruler is the boat), analyzing, "When a reverse current of public sentiment surges, the boat can capsize," and adding, "What this indicator shows is that the president does not have the trust of many citizens."

He added, "The lower the job approval rating, the higher the likelihood that the president will not achieve what he originally set out to accomplish," continuing, "In extreme cases, like Park Geun-hye or Yoon Suk Yeol, they may fail to complete their term."

In particular, Rhyu mentioned "Democratic Party TV," the official YouTube channel of the Democratic Party of Korea promoted by party leader Kim Min-seok, as an example of President Lee's isolation resulting from the dismantling of the camp.

Rhyu claimed, "Party leader Kim, whom President Lee backed and helped install, reorganized the broadcast and entrusted its leadership to Representative Kim Nam-jun, a member of the so-called 'Seongnam faction,'" adding, "Representative Kim mainly features commentators who badmouth every other political leader or critic except President Lee."

Regarding the recent rise in approval ratings for the Rebuilding Korea Party in some opinion polls, he noted, "People now view it not as an icebreaker, but as a lifeboat for the democratic and progressive bloc," adding, "Because they dislike the current direction and feel the ship is going to wreck, they are thinking of switching to a lifeboat."

Rhyu asserted that the Democratic Party leadership should take the lead in restoring the camp, stating, "At a time like this, someone must exercise political leadership, and that is originally the party leader's role," and arguing, "The party leader must restore the divided camp and reassemble the camp that once overcame and defeated insurrection together with President Lee Jae-myung to bring about a change of government."

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