"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.
