KRISTI NOEM SAYS SHE 'STARED DOWN' KIM JONG UN, MET XI JINPING, GETS FACT CHECKED
Potential Donald Trump running mate Kristi Noem's claims about meeting North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping were fact-checked on Friday. The South Dakota Governor in her upcoming book 'No Going Back' said she had meetings with some of the world's biggest leaders - including Jordan’s King Abdullah II Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former UK PM Boris Johnson. However, experts said the claim, especially about meeting Kim, are false.
Noem's latest claims come a week after The Guardian published an excerpt of the book, in which she had written about killing her dog 'Cricket'.
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Related News |According to The Dakota Scout newpaper, there is no account of Noem traveling to North Korea.
“Through my tenure on the House Armed Services Committee, I had the chance to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders. I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un,” Noem wrote in the book, the excerpt of which was obtained by The New York Post and other publications.
“I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation and determination. My experiences on those many foreign trips made me a better member of Congress and a stronger governor. It allowed me to hone my deal-making skills, which play a crucial role in leadership.”
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The South Dakota Republican was on the House Armed Services Committee from 2013 to 2015. She visited China in 2014. However, Kim was not in China at the time.
While there is no record of Noem meeting Xi Jinping too, her office told The Dakota Scout that she does not discuss her meetings with foreign leaders.
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