"I once lived as a beggar in North Korea, but now, I'm in the capital of the U. S. as a guest to President Trump," Ji Seong-ho says
THE PENTAGON — One of the most powerful moments in President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night came when a young man stood and proudly waved the crutches he used during a perilous escape from North Korea. Mr. Trump used Ji Seong-ho’s amazing journey to highlight the cruelty of the North Korean regime and make the case that it must not be allowed to build a nuclear arsenal.
« We need only look at the depraved character of the North Korean regime to understand the nature of the nuclear threat it could pose to America and to our allies, » Mr. Trump said.
Ji grew up in North Korea during a horrendous famine in the 1990s.
« I saw tens of thousands of people dying out of hunger, » a translator said on Ji’s behalf.
Ji has told his story in speeches and in videos distributed by human rights groups around the world.
