Kim Jong-un lashes out at Trump for getting Elton John's 'Rocket Man' stuck in his head
PYONGYANG — North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un lashed out at President Donald Trump on Saturday, criticizing the president for getting the 1972 Elton John song "Rocket Man" stuck in his head for the past week.
"Rocket man! Burning out his fuse up here alone," Kim said in a statement on North Korean state-run media. "I'd like to tell you about the mentally deranged behavior of Trump but I can't get this goddamn song out of my head."
"Oh no, no, no! I'm a rocket man!" Kim added.
In his speech to the UN on Tuesday, Trump called the North Korean regime "depraved," adding that it was responsible for starvation, death, imprisonment, and torture of millions of its people.
When mentioning the country's leader, Trump said, "Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime."
"As soon as I heard that, I knew what was coming," Kim said, then beginning to sing: "And I think it's gonna be a long, long time."
"Son of a bitch."
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