Trump Dodges Question After Calling Kim Jong Un ‘Very Honorable’

US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2018. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo credit should read NI... US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2018. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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During a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump ignored a question about his comment earlier in the day describing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “very open” and “very honorable.”

A reporter asked what Trump meant when he described the dictator as “honorable,” and in response Trump offered a defense of his negotiations with North Korea ahead of a face-to-face meeting with Kim Jong Un.

“I hope that we will be able to deal in a very open and honorable fashion with North Korea,” he said, rather than addressing calling Kim Jong Un himself “open” and “honorable.”

Trump disputed claims that he has already made concessions to North Korea and said that he would like to see denuclearization by the isolated country. Then, after a long tangent about China and his trade policies, Trump said that he cannot predict what will come of talks with North Korea, again failing to answer the original question.

“So the end result is we’ll see. Maybe good things will happen, and maybe we’re all wasting a lot of time, but hopefully it will be good for everybody concerned,” Trump said.

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  1. Very honorable??
    What the hell is going on here?
    Something is up. But what?
    (paranoid interlude) is there some invisible hand here? Is Mr Putin orchestrating a foreign policy ‘Win’ for his client? Sounds crazy but I’m grasping.

  2. Backpedaling is an art form in this (mal)administration. They have so much practice at it it’s a wonder they ever face forward.

  3. Avatar for buma buma says:

    Is Putin pulling some strings here, maybe an attempt to bolster trump’s approval numbers?

  4. Avatar for danny danny says:

    He has the best words, he just doesn’t know how or when to use them. It’s kinda like the guy who has the best library but has never cracked a spine in his life.

  5. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    It is tempting to label Trump as the “Artful Dodger,” but that would give him waaaaaaay too much credit.

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