Fox News seems to treat President Trump a lot like how North Korean state TV treats Kim Jong Un.
It's true that Trump made history this past weekend, becoming the first U.S. leader to visit North Korea. But a variety of Fox News hosts took that to the next level, lauding how Trump had the "courage" to launch "a new era of diplomacy" by making the trip — phrases that North Korean state TV used to describe its own leader, a side-by-side comparison from The Daily Show reveals.
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