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Trump had to give himself some kind of accomplishment, so he lied and claimed that Obama wanted to meet with Kim Jong-un.

.Trump lied about Obama being turned down for a meeting with Kim Jong-un

Trump said, “President Obama wanted to meet and Chairman Kim would not meet him. The Obama administration was begging for a meeting. They were begging for meetings constantly and chairman Kim would not meet with him. And for some reason we have a certain chemistry or whatever.”

Video of Trump:

Keep in mind as you watch Trump lie about Obama wanting a meeting with Kim Jong-un, that his source for this information was Kim Jong-un, and that is how easily Donald Trump can be manipulated. pic.twitter.com/tG1ceBeelv — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 30, 2019

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Trump’s version of the story makes Kim Jong-un look very good, which means that Trump’s source for the story probably was Kim Jong-un.

Former Obama foreign policy adviser Ben Rhodes set the record straight:

Trump is lying. I was there for all 8 years. Obama never sought a meeting with Kim Jong Un. Foreign policy isn’t reality television it’s reality. — Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 30, 2019

Former Obama adviser Eric Schultz called out media outlets that blindly and unquestioningly repeat Trump’s lies:

thank goodness outlets like the Hill still practice stenography journalism no matter the veracity. https://t.co/jnKcMd4uoG — Eric Schultz (@EricSchultz) June 30, 2019

Meetings with the president are supposed to be a reward for N. Korea, not the United States

Trump has his foreign policy backward. Kim isn’t rewarding the United States with meetings. Those sort of incentives should be used to get N. Korea to end their nuclear program. Trump has made Kim Jong-un the dominant figure in the US/North Korea dynamic. Trump has empowered the dictator by playing the lesser power.

The meeting should have never happened. Trump lied to give himself an accomplishment that Obama never sought.

Trump got conned again by Kim Jong-un, as Barack Obama never wanted a meeting with North Korea.