Posted on 05/10/2018 12:35:39 AM PDT by BBell
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — Three Korean-Americans who were detained in North Korea for more than a year were greeted by President Donald Trump beneath a giant American flag after they returned to the mainland U.S. early Thursday.
Despite a middle-of-the-night landing, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and a host of senior administration officials joined Trump to celebrate the occasion. The men, Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song and Tony Kim, had been released Wednesday amid a warming of relations between the longtime adversaries.
The president and first lady boarded the medical plane on which the men traveled to take a private moment with them, then appeared at the top of the airplane stairway with the three and applauded as the men held up their arms in what appeared to be gestures of triumph.
"This is a special night for these three really great people," Trump told reporters as he stood on the tarmac with the former detainees. On the U.S. relationship with North Korea, Trump said, "We're starting off on a new footing."
In thanking North Korea's Kim Jong Un for releasing the three Americans, Trump said he believes Kim wants to reach an agreement on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula. "I really think he wants to do something," the president said.
After Trump's remarks, the three men boarded a bus for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The White House said earlier they would be evaluated and receive medical treatment at the Washington-area facility. Their families were not on hand for the ceremony.
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I think they will spit the story out like their words were turds and by 10am you won’t hear about it anymore.
If, God forbid, Hillary had won and these prisoners were returning home, she would have ordered them to stay over in South Korea or Japan until the following day. They would then reach Joint Base Andrews during "prime time," allowing the networks to interrupt their programming and give Hillary maximum coverage as she greeted them.
What a great moment to see that LIVE!
“Despite a middle-of-the-night landing, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and a host of senior administration officials joined Trump to celebrate the occasion.”
Quite the homecoming at 2am.
Nice to have the First Lady and VP Pence there as well.
A classy bunch of people we have leading us.
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