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Kim Jong Un is a monster. Do not congratulate

By Becket Adams

Published May 10, 2018 10:50pm ET

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Kim Jong Un is a monster. Do not congratulate — North Korea leader Kim Jung Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest. North Korea claimed to have tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile in a launch Tuesday. | (KRT via AP Video)

I am both impressed and frustrated by President Trump.

On the one hand, it’s fantastic that he and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo negotiated the successful return of three American hostages from North Korea. As I wrote earlier today, this is an unequivocal good at which only petty partisans would dare snipe. It’s an incredible blessing for the newly released hostages, their families, friends, and all their fellow countrymen.

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