“He’s the head of the country,” President Trump said Friday of Kim Jong Un. “And I mean, he’s the strong head. Don’t let anyone think anything different. He speaks, and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.”
Trump later said he was joking with these seemingly admiring comments about Kim and his regime, and the last sentence seems to fit this claim. But even in jest, these sentiments are out of place and regrettable, for two reasons.
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