Posted on 07/07/2018 9:44:47 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The State Department said Saturday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not gift North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a copy of Elton John's "Rocket Man" signed by the president despite reports from South Korean media.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told NBC News that Pompeo did not deliver the CD, despite a report from South Korean media outlet The Chosun Ilbo stating that Pompeo was delivering the CD after Trump learned Kim was unaware of the hit song.
"The 'Rocket Man' CD was the subject of discussion during Trump's lunch with Kim. Kim mentioned that Trump referred to him as 'rocket man' when tensions ran high last year," a source told the South Korean news outlet. “Trump then asked Kim if he knew the song and Kim said 'no.' "
Trump has repeatedly nicknamed Kim "Rocket Man" over North Korea's controversial nuclear weapons program, famously using the moniker during an address to the United Nations General Assembly last year.
Nauert did confirm Saturday that a letter from Trump to Kim had been delivered to North Korean officials amid a terse statement from Pyongyang slamming U.S. officials over what it said were calls for unilateral denuclearization.
An anonymous spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry in a statement accused the U.S. of “betraying the spirit” of the summit between Trump and Kim last month, according to The Associated Press.
Pompeo, however, gave a rosier view of two days of recent negotiations with North Korean officials in a statement to reporters following his return to the U.S. on Saturday.
“These are complicated issues but we made progress on almost all the central issues. Some places, a great deal of progress, other places, there’s still more work to be done," he said.
I think that President Trump should sign a limited edition of the CD for a fund raiser. I would try to purchase one.
Fat boy Kim has a pretty wife and no kids. Its obvious why he is fascinated with rockets. Pompeo would get better results giving him a few bottles of viagra rather than Elton John tapes.
Elton John would have a heart attack.
He has 3 kids. Maybe he wants them to grow up.
(Muffled laugter) I ain't sayin' nuffin.
He did however send Kim a copy of his “ Opan Gangnam Style” video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1NUFpAxeDJU
oops. yet another fake stream media fake news trope bites the dust ... don’t know why anyone here EVER gives credence to unnamed sourced fake news from the leftist fake stream media ... maybe they just read the headline and don’t bother to ascertain the likely veracity of the articles ...
maybe they just read the headline and don’t bother to ascertain the likely veracity of the articles ...
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I am shocked!!! SHOCKED!! I tell you.
I had NO IDEA any of that was going on here....is /sarc really necessary???
More fakenews.
Media again trying to stir up the waters.
Billy Kristol fell for it.
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Perhaps the U.S. Secretary of State could also give the North Korean tyrant a copy of the Declaration of Independence, along with some Lincoln remarks emphasizing that it makes the claim and holds out the promise that all people everywhere should be free.
Kim wouldn’t publicly admit knowing the song. They dislike homosexuals in North Korea, so Elton John is out.
“is /sarc really necessary?”
ROTFLOL!
(no, not necessary)
Yep. Just one more pathetic attempt to undermine Trump and the deal with NK.
Gotta be pretty sick to want to see that fail just to stick it to Trump.
More fake news to undermine peace talks. Evil mass media thrives on conflict, hate peace!
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