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Trump: Kim Jong Un deserves 'credit' for taking out rivals
The Hill ^ | January 9, 2016 | Bradford Richardson

Posted on 01/09/2016 10:09:03 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump says North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong-un deserves "credit" for the cutthroat efficiency with which he disposes of his political foes.

"If you look at North Korea, this guy, he's like a maniac, OK?" Trump said at a rally in Ottumwa, Iowa, on Saturday.

"And you've got to give him credit: How many young guys - he was like 26 or 25 when his father died - take over these tough generals and all of a sudden, you know, it's pretty amazing when you think of it. How does he do that?" he added.

“Even though it is a culture, and it’s a culture thing, he goes in, he takes over, he's the boss. It's incredible."

After North Korea's government said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb earlier this week, Trump called the authoritarian leader a "madman playing around with nukes" and a "total nut job."

But he also insinuated that Kim had some admirable qualities.

"I mean, it's amazing that a young guy would go over and take over," Trump said Thursday on Fox News' "On the Record." "You know, you would have thought that these tough generals would have said no way this is gonna happen when the father died.

"So he's gotta have something going for him, because he kept control, which is amazing for a young person to do," he added.

Trump has previously praised other world leaders with less-than-stellar human rights records.

He called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "highly respected" man in global affairs, after the Russian strongman called Trump "bright and talented."


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To: Cincinatus' Wife

That’s not the context of the quote, at all.


41 posted on 01/09/2016 10:59:56 PM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: datura

She’s a “bitter clinger” to cheese and wine :p


42 posted on 01/09/2016 11:00:28 PM PST by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He called him a maniac. That’s not a compliment.


43 posted on 01/09/2016 11:00:39 PM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: mkjessup

LoL.


44 posted on 01/09/2016 11:01:30 PM PST by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: Red Steel

Yeah, but the way he said it is upsetting to some people. We need someone with a better tone. You, know, the kind of person who avoids saying anything of substance so as not to offend people.


45 posted on 01/09/2016 11:01:39 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Give it up CW, you have amply demonstrated your ass-quackery with this thread.


46 posted on 01/09/2016 11:02:04 PM PST by mkjessup (JimRob: "It's Trump or Cruz, all the others are amnesty pimps" And the man is RIGHT!)
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To: sunrise_sunset
That's not the context of the quote, at all.

Then please quote it fully, in context.

47 posted on 01/09/2016 11:02:22 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: sunrise_sunset
He called him a maniac. That's not a compliment.

He called Ted Cruz "a maniac" too.

48 posted on 01/09/2016 11:03:38 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: DoughtyOne

Looks like Trump is carpet bombing the field - and some down there just can’t handle the truth! That’s my shameless plug for ‘A Few Good Men’ (hint-hint)


49 posted on 01/09/2016 11:03:51 PM PST by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: WTFOVR

I’ll have to get my better glasses... LOL

You may be right.


50 posted on 01/09/2016 11:06:57 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
You said...
“What if Obama gave you this assessment?

What if John Kerry gave you this assessment?

What if Hillary Clinton gave you this assessment?”

There would be wails and teeth gnashing and cries of “dictator wanna be”

This is getting too commonplace with Trump. He says things like this and his supporters try to tell you what he “really meant to say.”

51 posted on 01/09/2016 11:07:32 PM PST by LMAO (#BlackLivesMatterWhenItsForPoliticalPoints)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I just know there is a good joke somewhere in that pic!


52 posted on 01/09/2016 11:07:46 PM PST by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This is the kind of tactic the left uses all the time. In fact it’s the main enforcement mechanism of political correctness. Make the focus on how something was said, take exaggerated offense, and falsely attribute meaning to a statement that was never there. Marginalize the speaker to avoid having to deal with the substance of what he’s said. Some Freepers around here are disturbingly good at it.


53 posted on 01/09/2016 11:08:34 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: mkjessup

OK, smart@$$! You owe me a cup of herbal tea - and a new keyboard!


54 posted on 01/09/2016 11:09:46 PM PST by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: mkjessup

In all fairness, I know you warned the Cruz supporters
it wasn't good for them to obsess like this.
Hopefully it will wear off after the IOWA loss.

55 posted on 01/09/2016 11:09:57 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: mbrfl

Good observation. And such FReepers actually call themselves ‘conservatives’.


56 posted on 01/09/2016 11:10:40 PM PST by mkjessup (JimRob: "It's Trump or Cruz, all the others are amnesty pimps" And the man is RIGHT!)
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To: mkjessup

I’m working on a list of those suffering TDS ... But its getting rather long!


57 posted on 01/09/2016 11:12:05 PM PST by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: WTFOVR

Send me your address in FReepmail, I have lots of extra keyboards sitting around, PS2 plug in, or USB? lol


58 posted on 01/09/2016 11:12:18 PM PST by mkjessup (JimRob: "It's Trump or Cruz, all the others are amnesty pimps" And the man is RIGHT!)
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To: LMAO

Yes. It’s a 24/7 job to “explain” Trump - Rush has been using his show for this purpose.


59 posted on 01/09/2016 11:12:26 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Well, I see the Trumpateers have once again, A)either try to tell you he didn't really say what he said or B) make you the issue
60 posted on 01/09/2016 11:13:02 PM PST by LMAO (#BlackLivesMatterWhenItsForPoliticalPoints)
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