{"id":334618,"date":"2017-11-12T04:15:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T03:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trying-hard-to-be-friend-offended-trump-says-would-never-call-kim-jong-un-short-fat-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2017-11-12T04:15:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T03:15:32","slug":"trying-hard-to-be-friend-offended-trump-says-would-never-call-kim-jong-un-short-fat-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trying-hard-to-be-friend-offended-trump-says-would-never-call-kim-jong-un-short-fat-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Trying hard to be friend!\u2019 Offended Trump says would never call Kim Jong-un \u2018short &#038; fat\u2019 \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 12 Nov, 2017 02:10 <\/time><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Edited time: 12 Nov, 2017 02:24 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Donald Trump seems disappointed that he has so far failed to make friends with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying he would never call Kim \u201cshort &amp; fat,\u201d in contrast to Pyongyang, which keep calling him names.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>With tensions running high over North Korea, Trump mocked his nemesis Kim, deviously calling him <em>\u201cshort and fat,\u201d<\/em> after Pyongyang\u2019s spokesman dubbed Trump a <em>\u201cdotard.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhy would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me &#8216;old,&#8217; when I would NEVER call him &#8216;short and fat?\u201d<\/em> Trump tweeted Saturday from Vietnam, as he continues his 12-day Asian tour.<em> \u201cOh well, I try so hard to be his friend \u2013 and maybe someday that will happen!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me &#8220;old,&#8221; when I would NEVER call him &#8220;short and fat?&#8221; Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend &#8211; and maybe someday that will happen!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/929511061954297857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Asian tour has not been welcomed by the North Koreans, who view his visit to the region as a diplomatic effort to garner enough support to attack North Korea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/409585-trump-begs-nuclear-war-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.11\/thumbnail\/5a078db8fc7e93384e8b4567.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 U.S. Navy\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cTrump, during his visit, laid bare his true nature as destroyer of the world peace and stability and begged for a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula,\u201d<\/em> a spokesperson for the DPRK Foreign Ministry said Saturday.<em> \u201cThe reckless remarks by a dotard like Trump can never frighten us or put a stop to our advance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang was responding to Trump&#8217;s statements made during his visit to South Korea Wednesday, where he said North Korea is<em> \u201cruled as a cult,\u201d<\/em> based on a <em>\u201cderanged belief in the leader\u2019s destiny to rule.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time the leaders exchange \u2018pleasantries\u2019 about each other. Trump has repeatedly called Kim a <em>\u201crocket man\u201d<\/em> while <em>\u201cdotard\u201d<\/em> has been used by the North Korean leader to reference Trump on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire,\u201d<\/em> Kim said in September, after the US president, in his maiden address at the UN, called Kim a <em>\u201crocket man.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/403611-trump-kim-rocket-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump calls Kim Jong-un \u2018Rocket Man\u2019 after call with South Korean leader<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea,\u201d<\/em> the US president<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/403858-trump-un-speech-quotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> said <\/a>in his address.<em> \u201cRocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA frightened dog barks louder,\u201d<\/em> Kim yapped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/sep\/22\/a-rogue-and-a-gangster-kim-jong-uns-statement-on-trump-in-full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">back<\/a>. <em>\u201cAction is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/408163-north-korea-leaflets-seoul-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Korea calls Trump \u2018mentally ill\u2019 in propaganda leaflets dropped over Seoul (IMAGES)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/409587-trump-kim-short-fat\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 12 Nov, 2017 02:10 Edited time: 12 Nov, 2017 02:24 Donald Trump seems disappointed that he has so far failed to make friends with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying he would never call Kim \u201cshort &amp; fat,\u201d in contrast to Pyongyang, which keep calling him names. With tensions running high over North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-334618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}