Ending North Korea trip, Dennis Rodman calls Kim an 'awesome guy'

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

PYONGYANG, North Korea – Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an "awesome guy" and said his father and grandfather were "great leaders."

Rodman, the highest-profile American to meet Kim since he inherited power from father Kim Jong Il in 2011, watched a basketball game with the authoritarian leader Thursday and later drank and dined on sushi with him.

At Pyongyang's Sunan airport on his way to Beijing, Rodman said it was "amazing" that the North Koreans were "so honest." He added that Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, North Korea's founder, "were great leaders."

"He's proud, his country likes him -- not like him, love him, love him," Rodman said of Kim Jong Un. "Guess what, I love him. The guy's really awesome."

At Beijing's airport, Rodman pushed past waiting journalists without saying anything.

Rodman's visit to North Korea began Monday and took place amid tension between Washington and Pyongyang. North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test just two weeks ago, making clear the provocative act was a warning to the United States to drop what it considers a "hostile" policy toward the North.

Rodman traveled to Pyongyang with three members of the professional Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, VICE correspondent Ryan Duffy and a production crew to shoot an episode on North Korea for a new weekly HBO series.

Kim, a diehard basketball fan, told the former Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls star that he hoped the visit would break the ice between the United States and North Korea, said Shane Smith, founder of the New York-based VICE media company.

Dressed in a blue Mao suit, Kim laughed and slapped his hands on a table during the game at Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium as he sat nearly knee to knee with Rodman. Rodman, the man who once turned up in a wedding dress to promote his autobiography, wore a dark suit and dark sunglasses, but still had on his nose rings and other piercings. A can of Coca-Cola sat on the table before him in photos shared with AP by VICE.

Smith, after speaking to the VICE crew in Pyongyang, said Kim and Rodman "bonded" and chatted in English, though Kim primarily spoke in Korean through a translator.

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He's just a cool little dictator...

[quantim]

Am getting a kick out of this.

 

Yes, Rodman does not exactly paint a pretty picture of currently decaying America (to us) to the contrasted proven Jeffersonian model that is now failing kind of image because America has been so dumbed down by socialism, especially after the re-election of Kenyan.

 

OTOH, the shortest, most deprived, most starved, most abused population on Earth gets to see a huge black man, a rich and famous celebrity American athelete propping up a young dwarf punk can only help loosen up that godforsaken place.

 

And the real irony is that blacks are free people in America, but no single North Korean is free from government slavery, they have political prisons there.

 

Rodman did more in one day to loosen relationships than Kenyan has in 5 years.

[Geee]

Who am I to disagree with such a wise man of the world! We must have so misjudged this kind and benevolent man.

[cudjo]

I've always considered Rodman a blithering idiot, this just proves it.

[clearvision]

Rodman could just stay there if he like it so much.

[Casino67]

One of the late night comedians said NK is so isolated that they thought he was Obama.