North Korean propaganda film that came from the White House
Utopian scenes, soaring music; it’s a propaganda film straight out of North Korea. Except the White House made this one — for the North | WATCH
Before starting talks with Kim Jong-un yesterday, Donald Trump sat the North Korean leader down to watch a propaganda movie.
Over a soundtrack of soaring music and utopian scenes — more typically seen in a North Korean propaganda film — the four-minute video features a montage with babies and car factories, suggesting what a more prosperous future for North Korea could look like if it agreed to scrap its nuclear arsenal.
To illustrate the point, ballistic missiles are shown in reverse motion, pulling back into their launch silos.
“The past doesn’t have to be the future,” a narrator says as the video showed the demilitarised zone that has separated North and South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953.
The narrator goe son to say: “A new world can begin today,” as an animated sequence suggests what the impoverished North Korea could look like if it was as brightly lit up at night as the far more prosperous South Korea. At times, the video appeared to address Mr Kim directly, suggesting he could make a choice that would open North Korea to new investment and step into a starring role in a moment in history with Trump.
“Featuring President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un, in a meeting to remake history, to shine in the sun. One moment, one choice,” the narrator says.
Mr Trump said he had urged Mr Kim and other North Korean officials to watch the video, and the Pyongyang delegation huddled around an iPad to watch it.
“I think he loved it,” Mr Trump said, referring to Mr Kim.
White House officials also arranged for the video to be played for reporters gathered for Mr Trump’s post summit press conference.
The two leaders reached a broad agreement on Tuesday that North Korea would move towards denuclearising the Korean peninsula, while the United States committed to providing security guarantees, and suspending war games with its ally in Seoul.
The video Mr Trump showed the North Koreans was one of several unscripted moments in a carefully planned meeting between the two leaders.
The video, which plays out in Korean and English, shows also images of Mr Trump and Mr Kim smiling.
The credit on the video said it had been produced by Destiny Pictures, a company based in Los Angeles.
Reuters
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