Yoon Ally Claims: ‘Trump Will Rescue Yoon and Bring Down Lee Jae-myung Government Within a Year’

Lawyer Shin Pyung, often described as “Yoon Suk-yeol’s mentor,” claimed that former President Yoon said, “I don’t think the Lee Jae-myung administration will last more than a year.” Shin also echoed far-right speculation about a so-called “Donald Trump rescue plan for Yoon Suk-yeol,” suggesting that the current government’s collapse might come sooner than expected. However, whether Yoon actually made such remarks remains unverified.

Shin wrote down what he said was Yoon’s “prediction”:

“When I met former President Yoon shortly before his re-arrest (on July 10), he told me, ‘I think this administration will have difficulty lasting even a year.’ At the time I was half in doubt, but looking back now, that judgment appears to have been based on a very cool-headed analysis.”

As grounds for this “collapse scenario,” Shin cited the claim that “President Lee has fallen out of Trump’s favor.” He argued this mirrored Yoon supporters’ unfounded belief that “Trump will save Yoon Suk-yeol.” According to Shin,

“Trump, through multiple aides, repeatedly expressed that he hoped Yoon’s unfair treatment would come to an end, but the Lee Jae-myung government has been swayed by hardliners like Chung Cheong-rae, Chung Sung-ho, and Jun Hyun-hee, moving in the opposite direction. For the Trump administration, this is nothing less than a betrayal of principle.”

Ultimately, Shin contended that the Lee government has taken an “anti-U.S., pro-China” stance in contrast to Yoon’s policies, and that the Trump administration would not sit idly by. Yet, Trump has never made any official statement regarding Yoon’s impeachment. Thus, the claims by Shin and other extreme Yoon loyalists lack evidence.

Controversy is also growing over Shin’s “politics by hearsay.” He has recently publicized alleged prison remarks or updates from Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon-hee. On July 20, Shin claimed on Facebook that he had met Kim, who supposedly spoke of “betrayal by Han Dong-hoon.” But the next day, Kim’s attorney Yoo Jung-hwa denied this, saying it was “clearly confirmed that such remarks did not come from Mrs. Kim,” sparking a dispute over credibility.