OPINION
Despite ‘thug hugs,’ Trump is tougher on despots than Obama
By Marc Thiessen
July 4, 2019 | 7:23pm | Updated
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un
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During a single visit to Asia, President Trump embraced not one, not two, but three dictators. He became the first American president to set foot in North Korea, where he praised his “great friendship” with North Korea’s despotic leader, Kim Jong Un; he held another cringe-worthy press availability with Russian President Vladimir Putin, where Trump joked about Russia’s electoral interference; and he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, calling him “one of the great leaders in 200 years.” Oh, and before leaving, he said that he would be willing to meet Iran’s leaders with “no preconditions.”
If Barack Obama had done any of this as president, conservatives would be howling with outrage. So why are they not angry with Trump? Simple. Because unlike Obama, Trump is taking a hard line with North Korea, Russia, China and Iran. And what he does matters a lot more than what he says.
Obama did not simply embrace anti-American tyrants; he showered them with cash and diplomatic concessions. Not only did Obama do the “wave” with Cuban dictator Raúl Castro at a Havana ballpark, but he also gave the Cuban regime diplomatic recognition and sanctions relief in exchange for … absolutely nothing. Cuba responded by increasing its repression of dissidents on the island.
Obama tried to meet with Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, but the Iranian leader rejected his request. Nonetheless, Obama cut a nuclear deal that gave the regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief — money Iran then used to fuel terrorism and Shiite expansionism across the Middle East.
Obama was famously caught on an open microphone in 2012 telling then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would have “more flexibility” after the election (“I will transmit this information to Vladimir,” Medvedev replied). In 2009, Obama undermined Poland and the Czech Republic by canceling US missile-defense agreements in a move that Moscow would have welcomed, and in 2014 he stood by as Putin annexed Crimea.
Trump, by contrast, has given his tyrannical interlocutors virtually nothing. In North Korea, Trump has showered Kim with undeserved praise but has not lifted sanctions, unfrozen North Korean assets or granted Pyongyang diplomatic recognition. Quite the opposite, he has tightened sanctions on Kim’s inner circle — and seized a North Korean ship that was violating sanctions.
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