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Trump is awarded an honorary black belt by South Korean president of taekwondo - and pledges to wear the full martial arts suit in U.S. Congress if he makes it back to the White House
TheDailyMail ^ | 21 November 2021 | Lee Dong-seop

Posted on 11/21/2021 8:07:15 PM PST by blueplum

Kukkiwon, also known as World Taekwondo Headquarters, and home of the World Taekwondo Academy, has awarded former U.S. President Donald Trump a 9th Dan Black belt - the highest level attainable by professional martial artists.

The president of Kukkiwon, Lee Dong-seop, went to visit Trump at his home in Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida this weekend to give him a taekwondo and the coveted black belt.

'I heard that the Donald Trump is highly interested in taekwondo,' Lee said....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: blackbelt; dailymail; florida; korea; kukkiwon; leedongseop; maralagopalmbeach; pdjt; republicofkorea; taekwondo; trump; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 11/21/2021 8:07:15 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

I like the sound of that. Karate has been the only sporting activity I’ve ever been interested in. Well, maybe that and Boxing, seeing as my late Dad used to box for cash back in the ‘50’s. Even though I’m way outta shape, I still have my quick block and grab reflexes. I enjoyed the classroon sparring too. There are many ways to improvise learned methods and creatively punch somebody’s lights out if one chose to do that.


2 posted on 11/21/2021 8:13:40 PM PST by lee martell
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To: blueplum

Honestly hope I’m alive to see this happen.

Too many in my own dam country want me dead.


3 posted on 11/21/2021 8:14:57 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: blueplum

I’m registered with the kukkikwan. Sabumnim Trump, has a nice ring to it.


4 posted on 11/21/2021 8:16:24 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: lee martell

Take One’s Dough is not karate ...


5 posted on 11/21/2021 8:25:51 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: bankwalker

“Take One’s Dough” lol!


6 posted on 11/21/2021 8:33:28 PM PST by lee martell
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To: blueplum

A blonde Elvis in the White House?


7 posted on 11/21/2021 9:02:38 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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8 posted on 11/21/2021 9:05:03 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: blueplum

Is President Moon Jae-in corresponding with President Trump via Lee Dong-seop?


9 posted on 11/21/2021 9:16:24 PM PST by ryderann
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To: blueplum

Awesome!


10 posted on 11/21/2021 9:24:00 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm in the control group. I identify as "vaccinated".🤡)
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To: blueplum

Initially thought this was from Babylon Bee!


11 posted on 11/21/2021 9:25:32 PM PST by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: blueplum

Read later.


12 posted on 11/21/2021 9:33:50 PM PST by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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To: blueplum
...the World Taekwondo Academy, has awarded former U.S. President Donald Trump a 9th Dan Black belt...That's the level you get for lifting with your forearms, a giant temple pot filled with burning sand.
13 posted on 11/21/2021 10:08:28 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken [I refuse to put a tag on that comment] )
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To: blueplum

That just won my vote ... again.


14 posted on 11/21/2021 10:12:36 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: blueplum
Taekwondo temple stay Korea
15 posted on 11/21/2021 10:12:43 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken [I refuse to put a tag on that comment] )
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To: blueplum

Maybe now Trump can Kung-Fu the scum out of the swamp instead of draining it. (I know Kung-Fu is not Taekwondo, I just had to throw that in there.)


16 posted on 11/21/2021 10:31:06 PM PST by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Isn't that an impeachable offense?!? /s

17 posted on 11/22/2021 7:39:09 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Karliner
Sabumnim Trump, has a nice ring to it.

It's fun being a radical Republicans... our team's spirit works - let's go Brandon.

18 posted on 11/22/2021 8:54:31 AM PST by GOPJ (One man lying to himself is pathetic - - a culture lying to itself seeds it's own destruction.)
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To: blueplum

Maybe Cornpop’s nemesis can take him out to the woodshed and check it out, even if his diapers are dirty.


19 posted on 11/22/2021 8:57:19 AM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President! )
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To: blueplum
Back in 1973, I watched an exhibition by Shaolin-Do Grandmaster Sin Kwang Thé.   He could leap and fly through the air for 20 feet.

Louisville Shaolin-Do

20 posted on 11/22/2021 9:13:56 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken [I refuse to put a tag on that comment] )
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