(CNN) "Equating brutality and despotism with leadership is not an American value," CNN's Jake Tapper said on Monday in response to President Donald Trump's pattern of expressing admiration for authoritarian leaders. "Kim Jong Un had his uncle murdered." "That doesn't make Kim Jong Un a smart cookie -- that makes him a murderer." @jaketapper responds to @POTUS: "Equatingbrutality and despotism with leadership is not an American value" https://t.co/MGeHJJixJP — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 1, 2017As Tapper noted, Kim is not the only "brutal dictator" or despot Trump reached out to over the weekend. The President also had a "very friendly conversation" with the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, and invited him t o the White House.

Source: CNN May 01, 2017 22:07 UTC