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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Dictator envy': Trump's praise of Kim Jong Un widens his embrace of totalitarian leaders
By Philip Rucker
June 15 at 7:00 PM
President Trumps praise Friday for Kim Jong Uns authoritarian rule in North Korea and his apparent envy that people there sit up at attention when the 35-year-old dictator speaks marked an escalation of the American presidents open embrace of totalitarian leaders around the world.
Reflecting on his impressions of Kim following their Singapore summit, Trump told Fox News: Hes the head of a country, and I mean hes the strong head. Dont let anyone think anything different. He speaks, and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.
It was unclear whether Trump was referring to Americans generally or only to his staff. His interview took place along the West Wing driveway, and as the president talked about my people, he gestured toward the White House.
Later, when pressed by a CNN reporter about the comment, Trump claimed it had been a joke. Im kidding, he said. You dont understand sarcasm.
Whether jesting or not, no U.S. president has been as free in his admiration of dictators and absolute power as the 45th, historians say. And Trumps interest in the subject seems to be growing as he becomes better acquainted with some of the worlds authoritarian leaders, including Kim, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom Trump said he may try to meet one-on-one this summer.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dictator-envy-trumps-praise-of-kim-jong-un-marks-embrace-of-totalitarian-leaders/2018/06/15/b9a8bbc8-70af-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.html
theaocp
(4,252 posts)You weren't joking and can fuck right off.
spanone
(135,958 posts)tonyt53
(5,737 posts)He was serious. He can eat shit and die.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Don the Con has never been told that he works for us, the taxpayers and citizens of the United States of America.
I never would have hired him in the first place, but if I had, he would have understood from the beginning that he was working for me, so long as he followed the rules and put out a good day's work. I realize that instruction would be beyond his comprehension, but said often enough, the pecking order might have registered. And, a good day's work would not include a game of golf.
By the time all this Russian probe/charity con and money laundering trial is over, he might be wishing he had that roof over his head (WH) and 3 squares a day with a tablecloth and not out of a plastic food tray.
Just thinkin'.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)trump seems deeply, massively insecure from childhood on.