Trump: I defend North Korea's human rights record to help avoid nuclear attack

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Trump said Friday he has not gone after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the country's abysmal human rights record because he has been prioritizing avoiding a nuclear war.

Speaking with reporters outside the White House, Trump was asked how he can defend Kim on human rights while still denouncing the circumstances that led to the death of Otto Warmbier, an American student who was detained while visiting North Korea.

“You know why?" Trump responded. "Because I don’t want to see a nuclear weapon destroy you and your family."

“I want to have a good relationship with North Korea. I want to have a good relationship with many other countries,” the president added.

Human Rights Watch last year called North Korea “one of the most repressive authoritarian states in the world.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392479-trump-i-defend-north-koreas-human-rights-record-to-stop-a-nuclear

So you piss on our long time allies instead.

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. So you piss on our long time allies instead. - To the nth degree...eom

[ismnotwasm]

2. He's sounds likes immature 14 year old

“You wanna know why”? Huh? Huh?

[Tom Rinaldo]

3. I see. So the nuclear threat is over as long as Trump remembers to praise N. Korea daily

I guess that means we're in the clear for today. Tomorrow is another day.

[atreides1]

4. There it is

That exaggerated hyperbole, that has always been one of his favorite rhetorical tools!!!

[Trek4Truth]

5. So the "art of the deal" is ass kissing? Well that sounds so simple that any old orange asshole

could do it.

[Thomas Hurt]

6. another lie, if that is true why the whole rocketman, fire and fury bullshit...

[soryang]

7. President Moon of South Korea supports the US NK negotiations

He is a human rights activist. He was one of the principals in the candlelight revolution that drove out the conservatives for abuse of power. His party won by a landslide in the by elections this week and the conservatives suffered their worst defeat. Foreign Minister Kang is a human rights expert.

Moon and the Democratic Party of the Republic of Korea, support Donald Trump's efforts with regard to North Korea. The human rights issue isn't going away. Moon won't abandon it. Trump is handling this the way the South Koreans want it to be handled.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Funny.

Past administrations have criticized North Korea's human rights record and nobody nuked us back then.

[duforsure]

9. Because he got his sweetheart development deals

And not long ago he was calling him a sick puppy. Now he's best friends with this brutal murderer. That's extremely disturbing, him acting this way now.