Pyongyang’s opinion on Trump is likely to be reflected in the editorial (Picture: Getty Images)

In what is perhaps the most damning indictment of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to date, North Korean state media has hailed him as a ‘wise politician’ who could be good for the country.

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Trump said recently that he would be willing to meet with North Korea’s cheese-loving dictator, Kim Jong-un, and has proposed the withdrawal of American troops from South Korea.

In an editorial in DPRK Today, Trump was called a ‘far-sighted presidential candidate’ and though the editorial is not official policy, experts say it likely reflects Pyongyang’s opinion.

‘A wise politician’, North Korea says (Picture: Getty Images)

Writer Han Yong-mook said that Trump’s policy on US troops stationed abroad would lead to the withdrawal of troops from South Korea, a long-held North Korean wish.


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Han added that voters should reject ‘dull Hillary’.



‘Admittedly it is not exactly Pyongyang speaking, but it is certainly Pyongyang flying a kite, or testing the waters,’ said Aidan Foster-Carter of Leeds University writing in NK News.

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