North Korea Endorses Trump As He Continues To Make Allies In All The Wrong Places (VIDEO)


Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has without a doubt made some rather frightening allies. Some of them, however, may be cause for extreme concern.

Recently, North Korean state media praised the presumptive GOP nominee, calling him a “wise politician” as well as a “far-sighted candidate.”

The Guardian reported on an editorial published in DPRK Today, an official North Korean media outlet that said Trump may be of assistance in terms of unifying the Korean peninsula. The opinion piece was penned by a man named Han Yong-mook, who described himself as a Chinese-North Korean scholar.

“There are many positive aspects to Trump’s ‘inflammatory polices’ … Trump said he will not get involved in the war between the South and the North, isn’t this fortunate from North Korea’s perspective?”

Although the piece didn’t come from directly inside Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea where communist dictator Kim Jong-un resides, an analyst from the University of Leeds told The Guardian it likely reflects a similar sentiment held by those inside the regime.

“This is very striking … Admittedly it is not exactly Pyongyang speaking, or at least not the DPRK government in an official capacity. But it is certainly Pyongyang flying a kite, or testing the waters.”

The editorial referenced one of Trump’s previous speeches when the billionaire businessman claimed he would withdraw the United States military from Seoul, South Korea, if they didn’t cough up enough money to foot their share of the military expense bill.

The editorial encouraged Seoul not to increase spending, thus forcing United States military withdrawal. It also went on to push Americans to cast their votes for Trump, specifically urging voters not to support Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

“The president that US citizens must vote for is not that dull Hillary – who claimed to adapt the Iranian model to resolve nuclear issues on the Korean Peninsula – but Trump, who spoke of holding direct conversation with North Korea.”

According to the director of Foreign Policy In Focus, John Feffer, the article suggests Pyongyang’s hope that Donald Trump will indeed become commander-in-chief and will work to,

Change the political game in the US and influence how the Democratic Party and mainstream Republicans view Korean issues.”

Earlier this year, Trump claimed that he was willing to talk to North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong-un in hopes of working out a solution to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.

Trump didn’t go into details, but said he was open to discussing said matters with Kim Jong-un, according to the Daily Mail.

“I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him.”

Back in January at a rally in Iowa, the business mogul praised Kim, saying:

“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?”

Trump said of the North Korean dictator, who reportedly murdered his uncle by throwing him into a cage where he was eaten alive by 120 dogs, that, “It’s incredible,” how he went in and took over as “the boss.”

Clearly, Trump’s willingness to have an open dialogue with the Kim Jong-un was well received, seemingly putting the 2016 presidential hopeful in good standing with North Korea; an ally the US could surely do without.

Watch Trump’s shocking comments regarding North Korea, around the 40-minute mark:

https://youtu.be/wZpDfMrJo4Y

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