Topic: US Secretary of State to give Kim Jong Un a CD of Elton John's Rocket Man
cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE started this discussion 7 years ago #76,843
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/06/mike-pompeo-north-korea-kim-jong-un-rocket-man-cd-nuclear-elton-john
ugh ugh ugh wtf
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When Mike Pompeo meets Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, he will reportedly attempt to smooth a path towards denuclearisation with a gift that playfully references a low point in relations between the North Korean leader and Donald Trump: a CD of Elton John’s Rocket Man.
The US secretary of state will present Kim with the CD along with a letter from Trump, who memorably turned the song’s title into an epithet after the North stepped up its ballistic missile tests last year.
Quoting unnamed sources in Washington, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper said the gifts reflected Trump’s belief that Kim would follow through on commitments the leaders agreed at their summit in Singapore last month.
Several times last year, Trump referred to the dictator as “little rocket man,” while Kim reciprocated by labelling the president a “mentally deranged dotard”.
Trump raised the rocket man reference during their meeting, the newspaper said. Kim said he had never heard the song, it added, prompting the president to ask Pompeo to take the CD with him to Pyongyang on what is his third trip to North Korea since April.
The US secretary of state will present Kim with the CD along with a letter from Trump, who memorably turned the song’s title into an epithet after the North stepped up its ballistic missile tests last year.
Quoting unnamed sources in Washington, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper said the gifts reflected Trump’s belief that Kim would follow through on commitments the leaders agreed at their summit in Singapore last month.
Several times last year, Trump referred to the dictator as “little rocket man,” while Kim reciprocated by labelling the president a “mentally deranged dotard”.
Trump raised the rocket man reference during their meeting, the newspaper said. Kim said he had never heard the song, it added, prompting the president to ask Pompeo to take the CD with him to Pyongyang on what is his third trip to North Korea since April.
ugh ugh ugh wtf
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later[^] [v] #901,794
he's like america's very embarrassing dad
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 45 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,797
Maybe Kim can play it in his nuclear test sites while he continues developing his nuclear weapons. I'm sure it would be inspirational.
cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,798
cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 32 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,799
I was thinking it might be easier for Pompeo just to send him a Youtube link.
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,801
@901,798 (cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE)
I don't see why he wouldn't have one. I'm sure someone in North Korea must have a CD-ROM drive and some tinny PC speakers at the very least.
I don't see why he wouldn't have one. I'm sure someone in North Korea must have a CD-ROM drive and some tinny PC speakers at the very least.
Omen !!gg89Kgn2v joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 4 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,808
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North Korea has speakers the size of apartment buildings. They point at South Korea across the DMZ and blast propaganda.
North Korea has speakers the size of apartment buildings. They point at South Korea across the DMZ and blast propaganda.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 44 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,811
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Tbh I'm surprised trump asked to send a CD and not a cassette tape.
Tbh I'm surprised trump asked to send a CD and not a cassette tape.
Syntax joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,819
One minor unimportant problem
Kim Jong Un no speaky or understandy engulash
Kim Jong Un no speaky or understandy engulash
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,859
Don’t those idiots know that this will be taken as a huge insult to Asians?
Anonymous B replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,860
@previous (G)
> Don’t those idiots know that this will be taken as a huge insult to Asians?
what why
> Don’t those idiots know that this will be taken as a huge insult to Asians?
what why
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,909
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,919
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Because “Rocket Man” was an INSULT from Trump. It’s like they are mocking him. Trust me, Asians will perceive it that way.
Because “Rocket Man” was an INSULT from Trump. It’s like they are mocking him. Trust me, Asians will perceive it that way.
Anonymous B replied with this 7 years ago, 4 hours later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,956
@901,909 (H)
> Face
@previous (I)
> Because “Rocket Man” was an INSULT from Trump. It’s like they are mocking him. Trust me, Asians will perceive it that way.
what the fuck are you talking about which Asians
> Face
@previous (I)
> Because “Rocket Man” was an INSULT from Trump. It’s like they are mocking him. Trust me, Asians will perceive it that way.
what the fuck are you talking about which Asians
Anonymous I replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #901,957
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Syntax replied with this 7 years ago, 14 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #902,073
Pompeo did not meet with the North Korean leader while he was there, but the State Department said that there was no expectation that he would. Spokesperson Heather Nauert did say that Pompeo left a letter from Trump to Kim,
but denied reports that he had also taken a CD of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” with him.
but denied reports that he had also taken a CD of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” with him.
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 day later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #902,343
This is actually funny. Trump doesn't take himself too seriously and now the tension's gone we all have a laugh at tiny rocket man and whose smart bomb is bigger ?Syntax replied with this 7 years ago, 11 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #902,347
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North Korea accused the Trump administration on Saturday of pushing a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization” and called it “deeply regrettable,” hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his two days of talks in the North Korean capital were “productive.”
So which of the two is being honest? LoL
North Korea accused the Trump administration on Saturday of pushing a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization” and called it “deeply regrettable,” hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his two days of talks in the North Korean capital were “productive.”
So which of the two is being honest? LoL
Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #902,348
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #902,372
Fake news alert.