Cenk Uygur
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Clueless Gary Johnson: Kim Jong What Now?
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October 7, 2016
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5:23Now PlayingGary Johnson has stepped in it again. Proudly ignorant of the outside world, he didn’t know Kim Jong Un runs North Korea. Wouldn’t be nice if a candidate was antiwar because they fully understood the failings of imperial foreign policy and how destructive it is to the outside world? Instead we get “don’t know, don’t care” Gary Johnson. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"After several foreign affairs gaffes, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson sidestepped an opportunity to somewhat redeem himself and demonstrate that he’s knowledgeable about the world.
In an interview on Wednesday, the New York Times asked Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico, if he knew the name of North Korea’s leader.
“I do,” the third-party candidate replied.
“You want me to name” the person, he continued, before adding, “Really.” Johnson ultimately declined to provide a name.
The current “supreme leader” of North Korea is Kim Jong Un, who succeeded his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011.
Johnson’s inability or refusal to name Kim follows several slip-ups when pressed on knowledge of international relations.
In early September, Johnson was widely ridiculed after drawing a blank on “Morning Joe” when asked about Aleppo, the most populous city in Syria and the epicenter of the ongoing refugee crisis.
Johnson recently failed to provide the name of a foreign leader whom he admires during an appearance on MSNBC. He subsequently attributed this to the shortcomings of the world’s leaders.”*
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