World leaders have tried a wide array of tactics to get on president Donald Trump's good side. France's Emmanuel Macron showed him weapons and gives him lots of cuddles. Britain's Theresa May is dangling the chance of a meeting with the Queen. Japan's Shinzo Abe gives Trump a guilt-free round of golf whenever they catch up.
South Korean president Moon Jae-in keeps it simple: Flatter the hell out of the reality TV star.
Moon set standards high last month, declaring that Trump should winthe Nobel Peace Prize for agreeing to meet North Korea's Kim Jong-un. In a White House visit today (May 22), Moon kept up the act with an excruciating level of public self-debasement.
“All of this was possible because of you, Mr. President,” he said, reflecting on ongoing peace efforts on the Korean peninsula. “I have no doubt that you will be able to complete and accomplish an historic feat that no one has been able to achieve in the decades past.”
He wasn't done there.
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