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spanone

(142,059 posts)
Sun Jun 30, 2019, 08:26 AM Jun 2019

Two words trump has never spoken in his dictator diplomacy...'Human Rights'

The North Korean people have gained nothing from trump's photo ops with their brutal dictator, nor has the world.

It's all about HIM again and again.

Trump said to Kim: "I just want to say that this is my honor. I didn't really expect it — we were in Japan for the G20. We came over and I said, 'Hey, I'm over here. I want to call Chairman Kim.' And we got to meet, and stepping across that line was a great honor."

Trump continued: "A lot of progress has been made, a lot of friendships have been made. And this has been, in particular, a great friendship. So I just want to thank you. That was very quick notice, and I want to thank you."
"Tremendous positivity — really great things are happening.," Trump added. "We met, and we liked each other, from Day 1. And that was very important."

"I'm going to invite him right now ... to the White House."

Speaking to U.S. reporters after saying goodbye to Kim, Trump trumpeted progress they have made over the past two and a half years: "You don’t report it accurately, but that’s OK. Someday history will record it accurately."


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Two words trump has never spoken in his dictator diplomacy...'Human Rights' (Original Post) spanone Jun 2019 OP
you may not have noticed, but human rights is not a conservative value rampartc Jun 2019 #1
Not sure he's ever said the the word 'rights' at all unless speaking about his own. sinkingfeeling Jun 2019 #2

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
1. you may not have noticed, but human rights is not a conservative value
Sun Jun 30, 2019, 08:30 AM
Jun 2019

maybe because they believe in "natural rights," like their god given right to powerful firearms.

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