ROCKET MAN

ROCKET MAN

Victor DiMuccio, Senior Editor

Recently President Trump called Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man” due to him launching rockets aka missiles to test and attempt to use nuclear war. He first addressed Kim Jong Un as Rocket Man at the United Nations General Assembly. President Trump claims it was a compliment to Kim Jong Un. After the Whole Rocket Man name calling Trump and Kim Jong Un have been going back and forth at each other with name calling. At a recent Alabama Rally when President Trump was Endorsing Sen. Luther Strange (R-Al.) he mentioned Kim Jong Un saying “ We can’t have a mad man out there shooting rockets all over the place,” Trump said of Kim Jong Un. “Rocket Man should’ve been handled a long time ago.” Later Luther Strange ended up losing to Roy Moore for the Senator Nominee. Many other Republicans are starting to join in on the whole “Rocket Man” name calling. Democrats and North Korean officials are saying that Trump is asking for nuclear war to start.

Kim Jong Un was born in Pyongyang, North Korea on January 8th, 1982 He is the first North Korea to be born after the country’s founding. Kim was declared the supreme leader following the state funeral of his father on 28 December 2011. Kim holds the titles of Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army,and presidium member of the Presidium of the Workers’ Party of Korea.