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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGuardian News Headline Compares Trump to Kim Jong-un for 'Day of Patriotic Devotion' Proclamation
?1485260812Donald Trump has echoed North Koreas leader, Kim Jong-un, after declaring that the day of his inauguration should be a national day of patriotic devotion a rallying cry that would not be out of place in the secretive states propaganda.
Trumps proclamation, which was made official on Monday, has been uttered by Kim in speeches to his 1.2 million-strong military and members of the ruling Korean Workers party in recent years.
In an address to a military parade in Pyongyang on 10 October 2015 the partys 70th anniversary Kim thanked the heroic men and women of the army and security services who, in hearty response to the partys appeal, have worked with patriotic devotion and created one heroic miracle after another in their quest to build a thriving socialist nation.
The phrase also crops up in North Korean propaganda.
On 19 December last year, the fifth anniversary of the death of Kims father, Kim Jong-il, the Rodong Sinmun, the ruling partys official newspaper, said of the late leader: The noble image and patriotic devotion of the peerless patriot, who reliably defended socialism centred on the popular masses and turned [North Korea] into an invincible politico-ideological power and a world military power.
In an article just after Kims death, the official KCNA news agency cited meteorologists as saying the spring of prosperity under socialism will surely come thanks to the patriotic devotion of Kim Jong-il, who blocked the howling wind of history till the last moments of his life.
Lots more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/24/trump-national-day-of-patriotic-devotion-echoes-north-korea
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Guardian News Headline Compares Trump to Kim Jong-un for 'Day of Patriotic Devotion' Proclamation (Original Post)
kpete
Jan 2017
OP
The very first political statement I can ever remember hearing was when my Father was talking to
world wide wally
Jan 2017
#13
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)1. Obama made proclamations about his inauguration day...
Except his proclamations were for the hope of all the nation, and not just for the few 'patriotic Christians' that pray.
riversedge
(70,337 posts)2. and remember that trump requested Tands and missilies for his Parade!!
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)3. Kim Jong-un had people executed for "insufficient clapping"
Jacob Boehme
(789 posts)11. Clap or die bitches, clap or die!
Cha
(297,774 posts)4. fuck trump's devotion.. he's devoted to his twitter
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)5. There is no patriotism in him, either.
Cha
(297,774 posts)7. he'd sell our country down the river in a
New York second.. sure he has irons in the fire already how to make money off of us and our treasury.
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)6. I devote my middle finger to Trump
jmg257
(11,996 posts)8. Compared to Pres Obama's declaration of reconciliation and serving each other,
- coming together for the purpose of remaking the nation...
As I take the sacred oath of the highest office in the land, I am humbled by the responsibility placed upon my shoulders, renewed by the courage and decency of the American people, and fortified by my faith in an awesome God ... On this Inauguration Day, we are reminded that we are heirs to over two centuries of American democracy, and that this legacy is not simply a birthright it is a glorious burden. Now it falls to us to come together as a people to carry it forward once more.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2009, a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation, and call upon all of our citizens to serve one another and the common purpose of remaking this Nation for our new century.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2009, a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation, and call upon all of our citizens to serve one another and the common purpose of remaking this Nation for our new century.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
By comparison, President Trump's proclamation of nationalistic unity & renewing the government serving the people, stated:
A new national pride stirs the American soul and inspires the American heart. We are one people, united by a common destiny and a shared purpose.
Freedom is the birthright of all Americans, and to preserve that freedom we must maintain faith in our sacred values and heritage.
Our Constitution is written on parchment, but it lives in the hearts of the American people.
There is no freedom where the people do not believe in it; no law where the people do not follow it; and no peace where the people do not pray for it. There are no greater people than the American citizenry, and as long as we believe in ourselves, and our country, there is nothing we cannot accomplish.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2017, as National Day of Patriotic Devotion, in order to strengthen our bonds to each other and to our country -- and to renew the duties of Government to the people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)9. Trump can shove his fake patriotism up his orange bloated ass.
Money is his 'god' and country.
He doesn't give a damn about anything else.
world wide wally
(21,756 posts)13. The very first political statement I can ever remember hearing was when my Father was talking to
a friend about Joe McCarthy and said, "Stick a flagpole up his ass and let him hang there".
My Dad was a WWII Navy vet who had been in the battle of Okinawa
central scrutinizer
(11,663 posts)10. Ask not what your country can do for you
Ask what you can do for me.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)12. I'm waiting for the giant banners with the orange menaces mug plastered everywhere. nt
treestar
(82,383 posts)14. That date is always inauguration day
so this makes no sense. does sound NKish though
longship
(40,416 posts)15. Both have stupid hair styles.
So they both have that going for them.