CNN Can’t Get Enough Of Dictators’ Big Bromance Meetup In China

During a segment of CNN’s “The Lead” on Wednesday, host Jake Tapper brought out that network’s journalist Tom Foreman to use a touchscreen to break down photos and videos of the leaders from China, Russia and North Korea meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with China’s President Xi Jinping Wednesday in Beijing for bilateral talks. While discussing the meeting, Tapper brought out Foreman, who displayed images and videos of the leaders gathered together.

“This is an extraordinary picture. Putin and Xi and Kim all line up there. That’s Xi’s wife right here. You see she is wearing the Mao outfit, which is also very highly tied with Chinese nationalism,” Foreman said. “In any event, these pictures of the three of them together, this is really a remarkable scene, and each one of these are people with whom Donald Trump has claimed a strong connection, a strong sort of connection with them where they would be able to deal with things and make deals.”

“But this also led to one of the most remarkable moments happening right along here when there was a hot mic, and we could hear what they were talking about. Just take a look at this really extraordinary moment as it evolved here,” Foreman added.

Playing the hot mic clip between Jinping, Kim and Putin, China’s president was heard talking about “people living to be 150 years old with advances in biotechnology.” Foreman went on to say how “secretive North Korea” has been, using the touchscreen to circle Kim Jong Un’s daughter in another picture. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Trump Lays Out ‘America First’ Plan For Helping Ukraine End War, Casts Doubt On Putin-Zelenskyy Meeting)

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“In this case, this is the thing that had everybody buzzing. Not him, not the people he talked to, but this person right back here. This is Kim Jong-un’s daughter,” Foreman said. “We don’t know her age. There has been debate about even her name, but her name is Kim Ju-ae, as best anybody can tell. And she seems to be somewhere around maybe 13, 14 years old. That’s not clear. But she has been showing up more and more in various events with her father. And as she has showed up in these events, it has really promoted a lot of talk about the notion of whether or not he is grooming her to be the fourth in line for that family.”

“So Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-Il, Kim Jong-Un, and now Kim Ju-ae, if she were to in fact take over. And one last thing we want to mention here. When he left the room after meeting with Putin, look at this, what’s going on, all this wiping down of the chairs and the table and everything,” Foreman said. “That is believed to be a security measure by the North Koreans to make sure that none of his DNA, nothing that can be traced to him can be collected and analyzed as to figure out his health or anything else about him. Again, a measure of why it’s so interesting when he comes outside of his country, because there’s so much secrecy around him.”

The meet-up between the three foreign leaders marks the first time Jinping, Putin and Kim have gathered at the same venue, according to the Associated Press. During the event, Putin reportedly praised the North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, with Kim saying that the alliance between the three countries has “significantly strengthened” since their strategic partnership pact from June 2024, the outlet reported.

President Donald Trump commented Tuesday evening — before the leaders met — about the expected gathering in a Truth Social post. He asked whether  China’s president would “mention the massive amount of support and ‘blood’ that The United States of America gave to China in order to help it to secure its FREEDOM from a very unfriendly foreign invader.”

“Many Americans died in China’s quest for Victory and Glory. I hope that they are rightfully Honored and Remembered for their Bravery and Sacrifice! May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration. Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America,” Trump wrote.

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