‘You fulfilled a promise’: Trump pays a heartfelt thank you to despot Kim Jong-un for keeping his word and handing over the remains of 55 U.S. service members killed in the Korean War
Donald Trump thanked North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Friday for ‘fulfilling a promise’ to return the remains of American servicemen
The remains of what United Nations Command confirmed as 55 U.S. servicemen were part of a ceremony Friday, in which an American military plane arrived in the hermit kingdom to retrieve them
The handover took place on the 65th anniversary of the end of the Korean War which lasted from 1950 to 1953
‘We have many others coming, but I want to thank Chairman Kim in front of the media for fulfilling a promise that he made to me,’ Trump declared
By DAVID MARTOSKO
DAILYMAIL.COM
27 July 2018
Donald Trump thanked North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Friday for ‘fulfilling a promise’ to return the remains of American servicemen who died during the Korean War.
‘At this moment a plane is carrying the remains of some great fallen heroes from America back,’ he said following a press announcement about the domestic economy, calling the matter one ‘of profound importance.’
‘I want to thank Chairman Kim for keeping his word. We have many others coming, but I want to thank Chairman Kim in front of the media for fulfilling a promise that he made to me,’ Trump declared.
‘And I’m sure that he will continue to fulfill that promise as they search and search and search.’
The remains of what United Nations Command confirmed as 55 U.S. servicemen were part of a rare and somber ceremony on Friday, in which an American military plane arrived in the hermit kingdom to retrieve them.
During a brief turn at the podium, Council of Economic Advisers chair Kevin Hassett thanked Trump ‘for standing up for our veterans.’
‘My father and my uncle both fought in the Korean War, and you just can’t imagine how much it means to those veterans that you didn’t forget their comrades,’ he said.
Trump said Vice President Mike Pence will be on hand to receive the repatriated human remains and greet families of the fallen.
The subject has been a hot-potato in Washington for the past month after North Korean officials reportedly told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that they had no immediate plans to return the remains.
The White House also stated that a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft containing remains of fallen service members had departed Wonsan, a Northern coastal city, on its way to the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, near the South Korean capital of Seoul.
In Seoul, a formal repatriation ceremony for the South Korean remains will be held Wednesday.
The ceremony saw U.S. servicemen and a military honor guard line up on the tarmac of the air base to receive the remains, which were carried in boxes covered in blue United Nations flags.
A total of 36,000 American soldiers were killed in the devastating Korean War from 1950 to 1953, and 7,700 bodies are listed missing in the war. A total of 5,300 are believed to still be in North Korea.
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