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Donald Trump May Not Actually Know Who's Running North Korea
Donald Trump May Not Actually Know Who's Running North Korea
President Donald Trump has indicated that two of his predecessors, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, were âoutplayedâ by âthis gentlemanâ in North Korea.
In an interview scheduled to air on âFox & Friendsâ on Tuesday morning, Trump told Ainsley Earhardt:
âTheyâve been talking with this gentleman for a long time. You read Clintonâs book, he said, âOh, we made such a great peace deal,â and it was a joke.
You look at different things over the years with President Obama. Everybody has been outplayed, theyâve all been outplayed by this gentleman and weâll see what happens. But I just donât telegraph my moves.â
However, âthis gentlemanâ â presumably current dictator Kim Jong Un â has only been running North Korea since the 2011 death of his father, Kim Jong Il, who ran the country since 1994. Kim Il Sung â the current leaderâs grandfather â ruled from the nationâs founding in 1948 until his death in 1994, during the first term of the Clinton presidency.
An excerpt of the interview drew a sharp reaction on Twitter: