It is difficult for me to believe that President Donald Trump is as naive as he is trying to portray himself.
He says he believed that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un did not know about Otto Warmbier’s treatment and torture while in prison for taking a propaganda poster, putting him in a vegetive state before he returned to the United States. Trump took Kim at his word and said so in Hanoi, despite our intelligence indicating otherwise.
He believed Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman when he told Trump he had nothing to do with the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, when our intelligence showed otherwise.
He believed Russian President Vladimir Putin had nothing to do with influencing the 2016 presidential election and said so while standing beside him in Helsinki, when our intelligence showed otherwise.
Trump taking their word is beyond belief.
Robert Miller
Overland Park
Note from KBJ: Where were you when Barack Obama was sidling up to the mullahs of Iran, Robert? Oh, wait: You loved Obama; you hate Trump.
