Trump Ripped For Bragging About 'Very Beautiful' Relationship With Brutal Dictator

Ed Mazza

Updated 28 May 2024 at 10:02 am·2-min read

Donald Trump is coming under fire for bragging about how well he got along with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

The former president told podcaster Tim Pool that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had warned him that North Korea was the “single greatest threat” facing the nation.

But Trump said he turned it around with his personal approach to Kim.

“It boiled down to something that was very beautiful, the way it happened, and I got along with him very well,” Trump said in an interview released Monday, claiming that if Hillary Clinton had won in 2016, the world instead would have faced nuclear war.

Trump noted he and Kim exchanged insults early on, but then their relationship “morphed.”

“He respected me, I respected him,” Trump said, calling Kim a “very smart guy, very strong guy” and the “absolute leader” of his country.

Trump has repeatedly praised Kim and spoken highly of his relationship with the dictator, at one point saying “we fell in love.”

Trump told author Bob Woodward that he had “chemistry” with Kim.

“The word chemistry. You meet somebody and you have a good chemistry,” he said. “You meet a woman. In one second, you know whether or not it’s all going to happen.”

Kim rules one of the world’s most closed nations with an iron fist, using public executions, forced labor camps, political prisons and torture against those perceived as a threat.

Trump’s critics slammed him for cozying up to a brutal regime:

The President’s relationship with a dictator should not be “very beautiful.” https://t.co/nmhwnDj1nA
— Americans Against Trump (@Fight4Gov) May 28, 2024

The part that he admires most about Kim is that he is the “absolute” leader of his country, so anyone who questions him will be imprisoned or executed. https://t.co/vBddKuOEUO
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 28, 2024

REMINDER: Kim Jong Un is a DICTATOR, not a democratic President. Anyone who disagrees with him gets imprisoned or executed. He has no opponents and no vice president. He runs everything. Thats EXACTLY what Trump wants. I guarantee you, both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, think… https://t.co/5xClowAKtX
— Dark Brandon (The 46) 🇺🇲 (@ajalexander944) May 28, 2024

I prefer my president who doesn’t praise dictators.
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) May 28, 2024

Wow. Trump just praised Kim Jong Un AGAIN “My relationship with Kim Jong Un was very beautiful. We got along very well. I got along great with him. Very strong guy. He is the absolute leader of his country.” I prefer leaders who don’t praise dictators. pic.twitter.com/C1yvWVIs6k
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) May 28, 2024

They do say narcissists attract.
— AmericasBurner (@AmericasBurner) May 28, 2024

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