Dear President Trump:
I write today as your Ambassador of Goodwill to North Korea. As your staff is aware, based on our discussions, you have my continued and strong commitment to assisting in your talks with North Korea.
My continued friendship with Chairman Kim remains strong – a friendship I encourage you to continue to use for our Nation’s benefit. While I will not be able to attend the Hanoi events, I plan on following up with you, your team and my friend, Chairman Kim.
I look forward to talking after this next summit ends. We have a lot of work to do, but with your diverse team, amazing global contacts and willingness to think outside the box, we can have peace on the Korean Peninsula. We really can.
You are on the cusp of a big, beautiful deal. One that would make you the front runner for a Nobel Peace Prize without question. You have my forever and forever support!
Mr. President and Chairman Kim, I wish you nothing but the best of luck on this second historic summit… God Bless.
Friends always!
Dennis Keith Rodman
Following ‘ping-pong diplomacy’ in the 1970s, US athletes have continued to represent their nation on the world stage. American former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman (b. 1961) made an unlikely name for himself in 2013, when he befriended dictator Kim Jong-un on an exhibition tour to North Korea.
Following ‘ping-pong diplomacy’ in the 1970s, US athletes have continued to represent their nation on the world stage. American former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman (b. 1961) made an unlikely name for himself in 2013, when he befriended dictator Kim Jong-un on an exhibition tour to North Korea.
Rodman spent years campaigning President Barack Obama for an end to animosity between the US and North Korea. After 2016, Rodman continued his attempts at basketball diplomacy as “Trump and Kim’s only mutual acquaintance.”
Photo: Portal Bogotá, Flickr
Rodman wrote a letter to the US president at the start of his second summit with the North Korean leader in Vietnam in 2019.
Rodman wrote a letter to the US president at the start of his second summit with the North Korean leader in Vietnam in 2019.
Despite Rodman’s optimism, the two-day summit was cut short, with no agreement reached.
Photo: Portal Bogotá, Flickr