Ron DeSantis has been hesitant about direct attacks on Donald Trump, his primary competitor in the GOP race for the 2024 nomination, but on Saturday he criticized Trump for congratulating "murderous dictator" Kim Jong Un.
A reporter asked DeSantis what he makes of Trump congratulating the North Korean leader for North Korea's appointment to the World Health Organization. The Florida governor said, "I was surprised to see that."
"I think, one, Kim Jong Un is a murderous dictator. They just imprisoned for life a family, including an infant, which is just outrageous," the governor said. "And then, the World Health Organization is a bankrupt organization."
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DeSantis further noted that the U.S. should be leaving the WHO, and not celebrating its recognition of Kim.
"Like, Kim Jong Un is bad, but then joining that? We need to be getting out of that and rejecting the WHO lockdown treaty, and not congratulating about being involved" in it, DeSantis said Saturday to the reporter from Fox.
