Posted on 06/07/2018 9:27:07 AM PDT by caww
President Trump does not plan to meet with former NBA star Dennis Rodman during his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the White House said Thursday, dismissing speculation that the one-time "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant might attend the historic meeting in Singapore next week.
"I don't know what part the best rebounder in basketball has to play in that. He's great on the court, but I think the negotiations should best be left to those who are good at it, and President Trump is the best," deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley told Fox News' "Fox and Friends."
"We expect [Trump] and Kim Jong Un to have an amazing conversation without Dennis Rodman in tow," he added.
"We have a schedule set of what we would like to see accomplished and what we want is denuclearization of the peninsula," Gidley said. "That's what the president has been talking about — verifiable, irreversible denuclearization."
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I hope no one seriously thought Rodman would participate in the summit itself. He can pay for Kim’s hotel room, though.
I loved it when the spokesman said that he didn’t see how basketball’s greatest rebounder could help with the negotiations.
“President Trump does not plan to meet with former NBA star Dennis Rodman “
I know ... hard to believe, right?
Rodman started this and was never invited....the press then ran it as if he was ...idiots keep trying to set the agenda they want to see embarrass and degrade our President as always
Considering Kim asked for a mcdonalds, and his prior visits with Rodman it’s not hard to imagine Kim thought he would be....
As we’ve seen, anything Kim requests is always steadfast and consistent with his own personal comfort. Be it the ability to stay as the Leader to the comforts of eating his beloved burgers. It will never be about the people apart from controlling them.
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