North Korea state TV airs footage of Trump saluting North Korean military officer

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North Korean state media early Tuesday broadcast its first video of President Trump Donald John TrumpAvenatti: 'I think that Michael Cohen is in a very, very bad spot' MSNBC reporter: Detained immigrant children 'effectively incarcerated' in Texas facility GOP chairwoman: Anyone who doesn't support Trump 'will be making a mistake' MORE's historic summit with Kim Jong Un, including footage of Trump saluting a North Korean officer.

North Korean TV has aired its first footage of the #TrumpKimSummit. Look out for the handshake/salute confusion 55 seconds in. pic.twitter.com/JS5yEUprgz — BBC Monitoring (@BBCMonitoring) June 14, 2018

In parts of the lengthy, 42-minute long video from North Korea's KCTV news channel, Kim can be seen shaking Trump's hand before the president turns to shake the hand of a North Korean officer standing next to Kim. The officer, confused, salutes Trump instead, prompting the president to salute back.

U.S. presidents generally salute U.S. service members, but do not salute members of other nation's militaries.

CNN reports that other exclusive footage broadcast Thursday from North Korean state media included shots of Kim preparing for the summit on his plane and lounging in at the luxury resort in Singapore, where the summit was held.

Kim and North Korean state media praised Singaporean officials for the cleanliness of the city-state in the report, adding that Kim would "learn" a lot from his hosts.

"He is going to learn a lot from the good knowledge and experience of Singapore in various fields in the future," state media reported.

Kim and Trump signed an agreement at their historic meeting on Tuesday that calls for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for unspecified security guarantees from the U.S.

TheMooseofMooseJaw on June 14th, 2018 at 14:23 UTC »

Serious question: Do heads of state often return salutes to foreign generals?

ffgat5 on June 14th, 2018 at 14:06 UTC »

holy shit the footage is fucking hilarious

https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1007245616869773313

sovietskaya on June 14th, 2018 at 13:41 UTC »

i’ll call it now. when trump visits pyongyan they’ll give the best military parade ever in his honor. maybe even make him honorary north korean.