GOP rep: Trump needs to 'quit complimenting Kim Jong Un'

[Eugene]

Source: The Hill

GOP rep: Trump needs to ‘quit complimenting Kim Jong Un’

BY TAL AXELROD - 02/06/19 10:32 AM EST

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) is ripping President Trump’s praise of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, in which Trump announced the next phase of denuclearization talks with the reclusive leader.

“We can quit complimenting Kim Jong Un. Let’s understand that when we have our military exercises going and we have a presence in South Korea, that’s how you force enemies to negotiate to the table. You force them to the table by having a stick option out there, and that’s what we need," Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told CNN Wednesday morning.

Trump and Kim first met in June at a summit in Singapore to begin negotiating North Korea’s denuclearization. The president declared the meeting a success, saying in a tweet that there was “no longer a Nuclear threat from North Korea," a position undercut by U.S. military officials.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

However, while North Korea released three U.S. hostages and has not tested any missiles since the meeting, Kim has not taken any verifiable steps toward reducing or dismantling his nuclear arsenal.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/428708-gop-rep-trump-needs-to-quit-complimenting-kim-jong-un

[NCjack]

1. If Narcissist-45 quits complimenting Kim, then Kim will stop complimenting

Narcissist-45, and that could cause Narcissist-45 to start a war.

[murielm99]

2. Kitzinger is my rep.

He is a tea partier. He won his election, but he has been getting a lot of pushback from the Democrats in this district who hate his guts. We send him tons of postcards, letters, emails, etc. He may be worried about keeping his seat.

He won't have an honest town hall. His votes are still suspect, and he needs to be sent home.