# Interesting remarks from a North Korean defector **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 2, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-remarks-from-a-north-korean-defector/1005171 "2024-08-02T22:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-remarks-from-a-north-korean-defector/1005171/1 "2024-08-02T22:38:41Z")
He talks about how horrible it is in N. Korea and how he hopes one day the regime will crumble. And how they’re hoping Trump is re-elected. I don’t think I could have taken the risks he did to flee. > **[Kim Jong Un wants Trump back, elite defector tells BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jqjwdyl1ko)** > > The highest-ranking defector to escape North Korea in years, Ri Il Kyu has met Kim Jong Un seven times. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-remarks-from-a-north-korean-defector/1005171/2 "2024-08-02T23:03:45Z")
Not surprising at all. Trump even saluted a North Korean general, IIRC. If I’m Kim then of course I’d rather have the easily-bamboozled Trump to wrangle for concessions than going up against Kamala. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-remarks-from-a-north-korean-defector/1005171/3 "2024-08-03T11:21:15Z")
And Putin wanted Trump instead of Clinton. Because Trump can be bought. Or blackmailed. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-remarks-from-a-north-korean-defector/1005171/4 "2024-08-03T11:34:27Z")
Or just intimidated. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-remarks-from-a-north-korean-defector/1005171/5 "2024-08-03T11:59:52Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > And Putin wanted Trump instead of Clinton. Because Trump can be bought. Or blackmailed. Both of these are true, but the sadder and truer fact is that Trump sees the US as his company, and he has no problem trading away parts of “his” company for his own interests, glory, and convenience. He calls it a “deal” and people think he’s done something skilful, rather than giving away what’s ours to feather his own nest. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-remarks-from-a-north-korean-defector/1005171/6 "2024-08-04T07:42:42Z")
What Putin really wants is to see the USA tearing itself apart, which rumors like this are doing quite effectively. And of course, Obama giving concessions to Cuba for _nothing_ in return was much better. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-remarks-from-a-north-korean-defector/1005171/7 "2024-08-04T10:36:10Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > What Putin really wants is to see the USA tearing itself apart, which rumors like this are doing quite effectively. Both are true. We’ll never really know who ended up with a bunch of top secret info. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-remarks-from-a-north-korean-defector/1005171/8 "2024-08-06T23:31:05Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > And of course, Obama giving concessions to Cuba for _nothing_ in return was much better. Cuba ain’t Russia and Cuba ain’t North Korea.