Shapiro BLASTS Singapore Summit — Treating Kim Jong Un As Leader Is Wrong

Shapiro tamped down on some of the enthusiastic “triumphalism” coming from Trump world. He noted in particular the terrible imagery of the American and North Korean flags side by side, something which has been the subject of much criticism overnight.

“If you thought of the flag that was next to the American flag as a Nazi flag rather than a North Korean flag, everybody would see the concern,” he said. “This is slave state with 25 million prisoners and gulag system hundreds of thousands people wide… the president’s praise for the dictator of North Korea was disquieting.”

“The triumphalism that seems to be appearing in so many places this morning, where everybody is excited that President Trump met with Kim, that’s not justified by the outcome yet,” he said.

Shapiro also gave a harsh review to the document signed by Trump and Kim. “The piece of paper that got signed yesterday is frankly weak,” he said. “This is not a strong piece of paper.”