Trump Praises North Korea’s Kim as ‘Very Honorable’
- Compliment marks shift in U.S. portrayal as deceitful, brutal
- Trump says he expects to hold summit with Kim ‘very soon’
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President Donald Trump complimented Kim Jong Un as “very honorable” so far and said he hopes to hold his summit with the North Korean leader “very soon.”
The praise for the North Korean leader is a dramatic shift for the U.S., which has long condemned the Kim family dynasty for brutality and deceit. Trump himself last year derided Kim as “Little Rocket Man” and said it is “hard to believe his people, and the military, put up with living in such horrible conditions.”