Kim Jong-un Is Not Our Friend

American Thinker ^ | 9 May, 2026 | Jeffrey Folks

[MtnClimber]

It’s hard for Americans to fathom the horror of what goes on every day in North Korea.

President Trump has repeatedly referred to Kim Jong-un as his “friend.” I recognize that this is a bargaining technique and that it is necessary to employ deception when dealing with the likes of Kim, but I wish Trump would not do it.

Kim Jong-un is not Trump’s friend; he is not anybody’s friend. He oversees the operation of brutal concentration camps, and he has reportedly carried out hundreds of executions, most of them public and involving firing squads but some private and involving the killing of pregnant women and teenagers and using blunt instruments such as pipes and hammers. No one who represses his people to this extent is a friend to America, the greatest democracy on the planet.

Many of these executions and long-term prison sentences are meted out to what we would consider innocent victims for the “crimes” of listening to Western music or videos; practicing religion; and, at worst, attempting to escape North Korea. Not only are the ones committing these offenses punished, but their entire family and circle of friends is swept up, something depicted in gripping terms in The Aquariums of Pyongyang. Even small children, such as the young boy who carries his prized aquarium to the prison camp only to watch all his fish die, are sent to prison camps for the “crimes” of friends or family.

When public executions take place, thousands of persons, including spouses and children, are often forced to watch. In some cases, these very family members are the ones who have betrayed the victims to the regime in exchange for leniency or perks of some kind. All of this has been documented in the many books and articles written by defectors

[oldtech]

However it is done there is a definite need to get rid of this horrible dictator of N. Korea. I have no idea of the best way to go about it, but it seems the past lives of many are demanding it.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Do you really think the South wants to absorb their version of hayseed hicks? Think again.

[Albion Wilde]

I recall when during his first address to the UN, Trump called Kim "little rocket man", and his chief of staff John Kelly utterly betrayed him by doing a face palm in front of the cameras of the world. But Kim apparently was amused by the reference to Elton John. Kim had been educated in Switzerland and was familiar with Western pop music.

Kim and Trump met at the NK-SK dmz line, and as they flew over NK by helicopter, Trump pointed out to Kim the great shoreline and other places that could have profitable real estate development, fascinating Kim, who has since approved some limited resort development. Step by step...

I'm fairly certain that our President is well aware of the risks and dangers of the Kim regime; but he has made the most of the opportunity, and Kim's constant nuke threats that characterized his relationship with Dubya have diminished and all but disappeared.

[redinIllinois]

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[Honorary Serb]

Kim Jong-un is no one’s friend!!

[Albion Wilde]

Yep and Elton John wrote a song about him!!! I thought that was Nikita Khrushchev.

It had been. The connection to Kim came later. See post 23.

[MtnClimber]

Kim Jong-un is no one’s friend!!

Except satan.

[dfwgator]

Carrot and Stick.

[webheart]

Maybe after Iran and Cuba.

[Mr. Blond]

Gee, sounds a lot like Iran.