"U.S. Election System is Corrupt," Claims Trump... Vance Says "Alaska Project Still Needs Coordination with South Korea"

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With less than a month to go before the U.S. midterm elections, President Trump has once again claimed that the U.S. election system is corrupt. In contrast to President Trump's remarks, Vice President Vance stated that details regarding the Alaska LNG development project still need to be coordinated with South Korea.

Reporting from Washington, correspondent Jeon Byeong-nam has the details.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been focusing on campaigning for the midterm elections, claimed that the U.S. election system is corrupt.

Writing on his social media, he said, "125 million people voted in the Brazilian presidential election and the results came out on election day," adding, "Detroit, Philadelphia, California, and others have far fewer votes, yet it takes weeks to rig, or rather, calculate the results."

[Donald Trump / U.S. President: There is a lot of cheating going on nationally, actually. Let me tell you. Take a look at California first. Look at the millions of ballots flying around without any verification.]

Because U.S. elections are managed by state governments rather than the federal government, each state has a different election system and timing for announcing results.

This difference was once again linked to election fraud. In particular, given that the states and cities mentioned are all Democratic strongholds, analysts suggest this is a political message keeping a potential midterm defeat in mind.

Along with this, President Trump claimed that rising oil prices, a negative factor for the midterm elections, are no longer due to the Strait of Hormuz, but rather because of Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President: A record amount of oil is coming out of the Strait of Hormuz. One of the real problems with high oil prices is that Russian refineries are taking a serious hit.]

He also shifted the blame to the opposition party, stating that "domestic oil refineries are being shut down in Democratic-leaning states by Democrats."

Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that there are still details to be coordinated with South Korea regarding the Alaska LNG development project.

[JD Vance / U.S. Vice President: Obviously, we still have to work through some of the details, and as you know, South Korea has mentioned that as well.]

This is interpreted as an acknowledgment that additional negotiations are necessary, differing from President Trump's previous assertion that South Korean investment had been finalized.

However, Vice President Vance expressed optimism about the project's viability, noting that East Asian countries want American gas.

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Reported by Jeon Byeong-nam | Video by Oh Jung-shik | Video Editing by Kim Jong-mi | Graphics by Kim Na-mi
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