WTF is this bizarre fake movie trailer Trump made for Kim Jong-un?

Diplomacy through fake movie trailers.
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Marcus Gilmer
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WTF is this bizarre fake movie trailer Trump made for Kim Jong-un?
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Nothing should surprise us anymore in the era of Donald Trump, but consider our minds blown by the above video, which was shown ahead of Trump's press conference in Singapore on Tuesday following his historic summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

It's essentially a fake movie trailer, complete with dramatic music and voiceover, and sweeping declarations like, "A story about a special moment in time when a man is presented with one chance that may never be repeated."

There was also a Korean language version produced which you can watch from the official White House stream by clicking right here. What's more, Trump said during his press conference that he showed Kim this very video:

We had it made up. I showed it to them today. Actually during the meeting. Toward the end of the meeting. I think he loved it. They were — we didn’t have a big screen like you have the luxury. We had it on cassette. An iPad.

Cassette? iPad? Sure.

However you watch it, it was a bizarre moment for a surreal stretch of history.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.


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