After he congratulated Kim Jong Un over North Korea's admission to the World Health Organization's executive board, former US President Donald Trump has faced flak from his own Republican party.
Trump congratulated Kim on his own social media platform Truth Social and it drew quick condemnation from Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. She wrote on Twitter that Kim starves his own people, and it is a total farce that North Korea has a leading role at the World Health Organization.
During his presidency, Trump became the first sitting US president to visit North Korean and in his own words, he shares a “unique relationship and a special friendship" with Kim.
Pertinently, Dr Jong Min Pak this week became the first North Korean official to be appointed for a three-year term to the WHO’s executive board.