Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2017
The Guardian/AP/Reuters: Trump says he'd never call Kim 'short and fat' in response to 'old' barb
US president tweets he tries ‘so hard to be his friend’ in a year spent trading escalating threats with the North Korean leader
The US president, Donald Trump, said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had insulted him by calling him “old” and said he would never call Kim “short and fat”.
In one of a series of tweets after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam, Trump said: “Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat?’ Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend – and maybe someday that will happen!”
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Update #1: Donald Trump tweets Kim Jong Un 'short and fat' jibe, offers East Asia mediation (DW)
Update #2: Trump mocks North Korea's Kim, says he would never call him 'short and fat' (Fox News)
WNU Editor: President Trump's sarcasm on display.
