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Headline Roundup November 12th, 2017

Trump and Kim Exchange Insults

Summary from the AllSides News Team

In response to a message from North Korea's foreign ministry that referred to President Trump as an "old lunatic," Trump responded by tweeting that he would never call Kim "short and fat" and that he tries to be Kim's friend. This exchange comes amid Trump's 12-day tour of Asia in which he has met with other world leaders about North Korea.

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Trump Take To Social Media To Hit Back At 'Short and Fat' Kim Jong-un
Trump Take To Social Media To Hit Back At 'Short and Fat' Kim Jong-un

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North Korea and its nuclear weapons program have plagued the U.S. for years. What to do with all of these missile tests? How do we negotiate? It’s all documented. With President Donald Trump, some people do think that his Twitter and overall personality could make a nuclear exchange more likely. So, as the president finishes the last leg of his Asia trip, he decided to take to Twitter and bash North Korean Kim Jong-un “short and fat.” This came after the Asian dictator called Trump “old.”

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Trump trades 'short and fat' barb with N Korea's Kim
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President Donald Trump has again traded barbs with North Korea, shortly before offering to mediate in a heated regional dispute.

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In a string of tweets fired off Sunday morning from Hanoi, Vietnam, President Trump responded with sarcastic insults to a recent message from the North Korean government that had referred to him as “old.”

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