WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Christy Nome recounts her meeting with the North Korean leader in a new book. Kim Jong Un During his time in Congress. But after the Republican Party further examined the governor’s life story, his office said Friday that the story of the meeting was in error.
Noam has already faced a setback A description of how she shot A hunting dog. The book was part of an apparent pitch to be chosen as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate. But she is Political prospects have declined Amid mutual hatred, she described how her 14-month-old Wirehaired Pointer named Cricket had shown aggressive behavior and killed her neighbor’s chickens.
In his forthcoming book, “No Going Back: The Truth About What’s Wrong With Politics and How You Move America Forward,” Noem recounts the events that confronted international leaders. Policy experience – but they were questioned. He writes about meeting Kim Jong Un while working in Congress and, more recently, canceling a meeting with the French president. Emmanuel Macron
After Dakota Scout First announcing Noam’s explanations of the meetings, his spokesman Ian Fury said in a statement, “It has been brought to our attention that the forthcoming book ‘No Going Back’ contains two minor errors. This has been reported to the ghostwriter and editor.
Fury said Kim was mistakenly included on the list of world leaders Noem had met with, and that the dates of his talks with former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley were wrong.
“The book is not yet published, and all future editions will be corrected,” Fury added.
In the book, Noem wrote, “During my tenure on the House Armed Services Committee, I had the opportunity to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders – some who wanted our help, and some who did not. I remember when I met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. I believe he underestimated me without a clue about my experience staring at little tyrants (I was a children’s pastor).
The interpretation of such a meeting is dubious by experts on US-North Korea relations. When Nohm was a member of the House Armed Services Committee from 2013 to 2015, relations between North Korea and the United States were tense, and a congressional meeting with Kim would have created considerable awareness, Seid Seiler said. Former US intelligence officer He has worked for decades on relations with North Korea.
“Nothing like this happened,” he said, adding that he worked at the White House and State Department during that period and was not informed of the congressional meeting with Kim.
In 2014, Noam joined an international congress trip to Japan, South Korea and China.
Noem writes in the book that he was scheduled to meet Macron in November last year while he was in Paris for a conference of European conservative leaders, but was later cancelled. He made comments She considered herself “pro-Hamas”.
However, Macron’s office told The Associated Press that Noam had not been “directly invited” to meet with the French president, although he did not rule out that he may have been invited to the Paris event he was scheduled to attend.
Fury said, “The governor was invited to sit in President Macron’s box for the Armistice Day parade at the Arc de Triomphe. Following his anti-Israel comments, he chose to cancel.
Meanwhile, Noem tries to fend off a bipartisan backlash for his interpretation of the book in which he shoots his hound and a goat.
“Don’t believe the twisted spin of the #fakenews media,” he tweeted at X this week. “I had a choice between the safety of my children and an animal with a history of attacking people and killing livestock.”
His spokesman, Fury, scrutinized the errors in Noam’s book, saying, “The media will certainly try to magnify these minor issues, but downplay Joe Biden’s repeated and false claims…”
However, members of Congress have poked fun at the illness, including Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Florida, Susan Wild. A Democrat from Pennsylvania. And Nancy Mays, a Republican from South Carolina, is launching the Congressional Dog Lovers Caucus this week.
Moskowitz said one of the group’s rules at X was “You can’t kill a puppy.”
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Associated Press writer Sylvie Corbett in Paris contributed.
