Funny how the headline was "At a Key Moment, Trump’s Top Diplomat Is Again Thousands of Miles Away." Taking swipes at him while he's releasing the 3 americans held in North Korea? Really? Guy has been in office for less than a week and he's accomplished what Kerry couldn't.
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It's very disconcerting when you realize that you're significantly smarter than the US secretary of state. At least it will make Trump's supporters happy. Nobody hates intelligence like a Trumpster.
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lol. But "Kim" means "money" in Korean. The most overwhelmingly common last name in South Korea (maybe also in North Korea). It's an irony.
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Actually, 돈 (don) means "money" Kim is just associated with it bcs many of the kings in Korean history had that as a surname when only royals could have last names
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The reason it's so popular today is because when the rest of Korea were allowed to have them, they chose the name of what they considered the best kings. Since there were a lot of king Kims, there were a lot of Kims named after them
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In South Korea, more than 20 percent of the population has "Kim" in the surname.
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You’d think on the long flight you could, I don’t know, squeeze in a book or two on North Korean history?
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They’re busy catching up on
#RussianCollusion! Lol
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He may have got it wrong but the reaction is just pompous snobbery... It's not as if it's a greeting he makes every day and this should not be a test of protocol. People should grow up and focus on the substance here
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If you’re in the diplomatic corp or part of the State Department, your job is literally knowing protocol.
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Well, let's see how upset he is before we get our proverbials in a twist. Somehow, I don't think this will be the issue which defines the success or otherwise of the negotiations.. Especially given how Trump and Kim have slagged each other off in the recent past...
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I didn’t imply it would upset Anyone. I’m pointing out someone at state didn’t prep the secretary. Otherwise we have to ask why the secretary would intentionally use his first name. Visiting foreign ministers can start a trend and use President Donald here.
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He's been called worse... To quote Shakespeare "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"!
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Stop trying to cover for Trumpy's latest pick.
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We are a complete embarrassment on the World Stage right now
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Blatant ignorance. How embarrassing. Sorry to say that, but from my European point of view, this is so typical American.


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It is widely known, that in Corea the last name comes first. But even if I barely can understand how someone in his position does not know it, I expect at least that he does his homework and gets informed. 2/3
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That is absolutely unacceptable that this administration does not care about accurate facts and infos. It is unfortunately very representative of their arrogance in the assumption to be the measure of things in the world 3/3
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