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Greg Evans
Jul 02, 2019
Following Donald Trump's historic meeting with the Kim Jong-un in North Korea, the president's administration and his family have been quick to gloat about this landmark achievement by the commander in chief.
Eric Trump marked his father's visit to the secretive Asian nation with a tweet attempting to mock Barack Obama, who visited the Demilitarised Zone in 2012, much likes president's Regan, Clinton and Bush had done before him.
However, Eric's tweet didn't exactly work for two reasons. Firstly he claimed Obama visited the facility in 2008, which is not only four years before he actually did but would have also been before he became president.
Secondly, Kim Jong-un wasn't even the leader of North Korea at this point, it was still his father Kim Jong-il, who famously wasn't the biggest fan of the United States.
This tweet comes after Trump claimed in a press conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-in on Sunday that Obama had tried to meet with Kim during his time in office.
The Obama administration was begging for a meeting. They were begging for meetings constantly, and Chairman Kim would not meet with him.
However, Obama's former director of national intelligence James Clapper claimed that wasn't true in the slightest and that Obama had never tried to meet with Kim, telling CNN.
In all the deliberations that I participated in on North Korea during the Obama administration, I can recall no instance whatever where President Obama ever indicated any interest whatsoever in meeting with Chairman Kim. That’s news to me.
James Clapper: "In all the deliberations that I participated in on North Korea during the Obama administration, I c… https://t.co/TkHpWpChgB— The Hill (@The Hill) 1561915200
You probably don't need us to tell you that Eric's tweet has left the 35-year-old with some egg on his face as people have been quick to point out the various problems.
@EricTrump Bush was president in 2008...don't worry Buddy...computers are hard...— 🐾Liberal Puppy🐾 (@🐾Liberal Puppy🐾) 1562019637
I was on that trip to the DMZ with Obama. It was in 2012. As the press was driving up, a US Army colonel explained… https://t.co/lulukHqeiU— Jonathan Weisman (@Jonathan Weisman) 1562015059
I don’t get this. https://t.co/8xns8EyneA— Sam Stein (@Sam Stein) 1562014472
Folks, keep your kids in school. If you have a son, and he thinks Obama was President in 2008, you MIGHT be Eric t… https://t.co/Bv1xd7eYZV— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1562021855
Barack Obama was not president, and did not visit the DMZ, in 2008 https://t.co/EJoGeRVHMN— John Harwood (@John Harwood) 1562014705
@EricTrump George W. Bush was President in 2008. https://t.co/LYWKa6tOXN— Andrew Goss 👊USAF👊 (@Andrew Goss 👊USAF👊) 1562028022
@EricTrump Dude, your dickhead dad was up there too, talking absolute drivel, you pathetic gremlin. https://t.co/8eZg18vSB5— Mike P Williams (@Mike P Williams) 1562014596
@EricTrump DMX 2008 vs. DMX 2019. really makes you think https://t.co/BXyrsO3IDl— Dave Itzkoff (@Dave Itzkoff) 1562017503
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