Trump denounced how quickly many people rush to judgment about Kim Jong Un after the dictator reportedly executed top officials involved in the nuclear talks with the U.S.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday hesitated to criticize the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid muddied reports that some of the country’s top representatives in nuclear talks with the U.S. had been purged or killed.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Trump denounced how quickly many rush to judgment about Kim, telling reporters that “they like to blame Kim Jong Un immediately. But they said he was killed, and he wasn’t, he was at the theater the other night. So he wasn’t killed. The other four people I know nothing about.”
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