Marco Rubio: Trump-Kim summit ‘exposed incredible hypocrisy of many in the media’

“I too have concerns about how all this with #NorthKorea will turn out. But I don’t recall all the ‘experts’ criticizing Obama when he met with a brutal dictator in #Cuba who also oversaw a police state & also killed & jailed his opponents. #DoubleStandard,” said Rubio, whose parents came from Cuba.

Rubio added that the U.S. should be skeptical of any deal that does not guarantee a complete end to their nuclear weapons program, not just a limit on future production. The penalty for breaking that promise, he stated, must trigger the end of Kim’s regime.

He further stated that any deal which does not ultimately secure an end to North Korean human rights abuses is not a deal the U.S. should be making.

At the culmination of their summit, Trump and Kim signed an agreement “to work toward complete denuclearization” and “the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean peninsula.” Trump also stated that he will not end sanctions on North Korea until they completely follow up on their end of the agreement and that he is holding off on an additional 300 sanctions as a display of faith and a token of goodwill.

Some have already criticized the meeting, saying the president offered too many concessions to make the deal happen, including ending joint military exercises near the Korean Peninsula. Rubio said he too is worried about this, but claimed that if Kim violates the terms of the agreement then negotiating further international sanctions will become that much easier.

Rubio ended his rant this morning responding to the president calling Kim a “very talented man,” said the dictator is a “total weirdo who would not be elected dog catcher in any democracy.”