Trump Shrugs At Kim’s Murders: ‘A Lot Of People Have Done Really Bad Things’

Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

When asked how he feels about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s many murders and human rights abuses, President Donald Trump merely shrugged.

“He’s a tough guy, it’s a tough country,” he told Fox News host Bret Baier Wednesday. Trump went on to praise Kim for taking over the country at such a young age calling him a “very smart guy” and a “great negotiator.” “I think we understand each other,” Trump added.

When Baier pressed Trump, protesting that Kim has done many “bad things,” the President was unmoved. “So have a lot of other people,” he said, before moving on to praise himself for his performance at the United States-North Korea summit this week.

Watch below:

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. “And many of them are my friends,” he added.

  2. ‘A Lot Of People Have Done Really Bad Things’

    And someone in the State Department has a list.

  3. He is an obscenity.

  4. I’m out of words.
    I’ll just go to bed now.

  5. Hitler loved his dog. We’ll overlook the other stuff.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

49 more replies

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for old_curmudgeon Avatar for mattinpa Avatar for oscarhomolka Avatar for labman57 Avatar for sickneffintired Avatar for jeffs Avatar for left_in_washington_state Avatar for bardi Avatar for dddinah Avatar for dave_mb Avatar for henk Avatar for dommyluc Avatar for misterneutron Avatar for georgeh Avatar for matthew_tanner Avatar for jtx Avatar for dmdines Avatar for rickjones Avatar for corncaucus2008 Avatar for groundloop Avatar for atldrew Avatar for rascal_crone Avatar for c_stedman

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: