Rodman Praises Kim Jong Un: N. Korea ‘Civilized Again,’ ‘We Sing Karaoke ... Ride Horses’

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RODMAN: “Yeah. We’ve seen a lot of changes. The fact that it is so modernized now. When you go over there and hear the radio and people talking, they’re so happy now because it’s more like civilized again.”
STRAHAN: “You say happy and you say civilized. Kim Jong-un, you said, is a friend for life. But he’s a dictator who has suppressed other people, who has taken away some basic human rights, but you think everyone there is actually happy.”
RODMAN: “Yeah, I think people don’t see the good side about that country, but I think people don’t see him as a friendly guy, but if you actually talk to him —“
STRAHAN: “So when you see him do you see a different guy?”
RODMAN: “Oh, yeah.”
STRAHAN: “Does he smile? Does he talk? Is he open?”
RODMAN: “We always talk, right. We sing karaoke. It’s so fun. Ride horses, everything. You don’t see that. Those people don’t hate us. It’s the politics that’s the bad thing. If we can try to figure something out, just open the door, I’d put my life on this, Michael — if Donald Trump had a chance, had a chance, he would get on a damn plane and go over there and shake his hand and try to make peace.”