The former director of national intelligence for Barack Obama said Sunday morning that the former president never indicated he wanted to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.James Clapper was responding on CNN's State of the Union to Donald Trump's claims that Obama begged to meet with Kim while he was still president.'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,' Clapper told CNN on Sunday morning.'I just – that's news to me,' the former intelligence director continued through snickers. Former intelligence director laughed at President Trump's suggestion that Barack Obama 'begged' for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Clapper said Trump's claims were 'news' to him because, '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' After almost an hour meeting with Kim on Sunday, Trump said the dictator had never agreed to meet with Obama even though the former president wanted to meetClapper also served in high-ranking intelligence capacities under former President George W. Bush.After almost an hour meeting with Kim in Korea on Sunday, Trump said in a press conference that Obama always wanted to meet with the authoritarian leader, but that Kim wouldn't agree to a sit down.'President Obama wanted to meet, and Chairman Kim would not meet him,' Trump said from the podium. 'The Obama administration was begging for a meeting, they were begging for meetings constantly.'Trump said that he was able to secure so many bilateral meeting with Kim because they two 'have a certain chemistry, or whatever.'Obama never met with the dictator while in office, but Trump and Kim have met a handful of times since his inauguration in 2017. They two frame their meetings as talks toward denuclearization and peace in the region. A spokesperson for Obama declined to comment on Trump's claims, but directed DailyMail.com to a tweet from Ben Rhodes that claims the president is 'lying.''Trump is lying,' Rhodes, the co-chair of National Security Action, tweeted late Saturday night. 'I was there for all 8 years. Obama never sought a meeting with Kim Jong Un. Foreign policy isn't reality television it's reality.' on Sunday Trump became the first sitting president to step foot in North Korea. He took less than a dozen steps into the north to shake Kim's hand before the two crossed back to the DMZ where they talked for nearly an hour Kim called rump 'courageous' for making the step, and Trump said it was an 'honor.' The president said he has 'chemistry' with KimTrump made his comments regarding Obama to the press hours after becoming the first sitting president to cross the line from the Demilitarized Zone into North
The former director of national intelligence for Barack Obama said Sunday morning that the former president never indicated he wanted to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.James Clapper was responding on CNN's State of the Union to Donald Trump's claims that Obama begged to meet with Kim while he was still president.'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,' Clapper told CNN on Sunday morning.'I just – that's news to me,' the former intelligence director continued through snickers. Former intelligence director laughed at President Trump's suggestion that Barack Obama 'begged' for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Clapper said Trump's claims were 'news' to him because, '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' After almost an hour meeting with Kim on Sunday, Trump said the dictator had never agreed to meet with Obama even though the former president wanted to meetClapper also served in high-ranking intelligence capacities under former President George W. Bush.After almost an hour meeting with Kim in Korea on Sunday, Trump said in a press conference that Obama always wanted to meet with the authoritarian leader, but that Kim wouldn't agree to a sit down.'President Obama wanted to meet, and Chairman Kim would not meet him,' Trump said from the podium. 'The Obama administration was begging for a meeting, they were begging for meetings constantly.'Trump said that he was able to secure so many bilateral meeting with Kim because they two 'have a certain chemistry, or whatever.'Obama never met with the dictator while in office, but Trump and Kim have met a handful of times since his inauguration in 2017. They two frame their meetings as talks toward denuclearization and peace in the region. A spokesperson for Obama declined to comment on Trump's claims, but directed DailyMail.com to a tweet from Ben Rhodes that claims the president is 'lying.''Trump is lying,' Rhodes, the co-chair of National Security Action, tweeted late Saturday night. 'I was there for all 8 years. Obama never sought a meeting with Kim Jong Un. Foreign policy isn't reality television it's reality.' on Sunday Trump became the first sitting president to step foot in North Korea. He took less than a dozen steps into the north to shake Kim's hand before the two crossed back to the DMZ where they talked for nearly an hour Kim called rump 'courageous' for making the step, and Trump said it was an 'honor.' The president said he has 'chemistry' with KimTrump made his comments regarding Obama to the press hours after becoming the first sitting president to cross the line from the Demilitarized Zone into North
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