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.
âEven though it is a culture, and itâs 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."
That’s not the context of the quote, at all.
She’s a “bitter clinger” to cheese and wine :p
He called him a maniac. That’s not a compliment.
LoL.
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.
Give it up CW, you have amply demonstrated your ass-quackery with this thread.
Then please quote it fully, in context.
He called Ted Cruz "a maniac" too.
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)
I’ll have to get my better glasses... LOL
You may be right.
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.”
I just know there is a good joke somewhere in that pic!
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.
OK, smart@$$! You owe me a cup of herbal tea - and a new keyboard!
Good observation. And such FReepers actually call themselves ‘conservatives’.
I’m working on a list of those suffering TDS ... But its getting rather long!
Send me your address in FReepmail, I have lots of extra keyboards sitting around, PS2 plug in, or USB? lol
Yes. It’s a 24/7 job to “explain” Trump - Rush has been using his show for this purpose.
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