Nikki Haley explains why Trump referred to Kim Jong Un as ‘Rocket Man’ in his UN speech…and more

This morning Nikki Haley made the rounds discussing Trump’s tough UN speech yesterday. In the interview below she’s asked if it’s appropriate for Trump to be calling Kim Jong Un ‘Rocket Man’.

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Haley said that Trump’s use of ‘Rocket Man’ in the speech was to get people to talk about Kim Jong Un, and she said it worked. She pointed out that a president of an African country that she dealt with yesterday said ‘Rocket Man’ back to her.

She also defended Trump’s tough threat against N. Korea yesterday saying he was simply being honest, noting the international community really appreciated Trump’s bluntness. She said it’s really the Kim regime that’s been threatening us and our allies and all we’re saying is that we’ve exhausted every diplomatic means and that we’ll continue to do that:


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