South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is reportedly going back and correcting things that she wrote in her new book after some of the claims have received scrutiny.
Noem said in her new book, “No Going Back,” that she met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while she was in Congress on the House Armed Services Committee.
“Through my tenure on the House Armed Services Committee, I had the chance to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders,” she wrote in the book set to be released this week. “I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all).”
Syd Seiler, a former U.S. intelligence officer who spent his career working on America’s relationship with North Korea, said, “Nothing like this happened.”
The Associated Press reported that Noem’s team indicated that her claim was made in error and that corrections would be made to future copies that are published.
Another example that Noem mentioned in the book that has drawn scrutiny was her statement that she was going to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, but decided to cancel on him.
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Macron’s office told the AP that no “direct invitation” was ever made for Noem to meet Macron, although they apparently said she could have been invited to an event at which he was scheduled to also be.
A spokesperson for Noem said that she was “invited to sit in President Macron’s box for the Armistice Day Parade at Arc de Triomphe. Following his anti-Israel comments, she chose to cancel.”
Noem also made remarks about former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley that a spokesperson for Haley strongly disputed.
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