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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGift shop says North Koreans have tried to order commemorative US summit coin
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 05/26/18 08:58 AM EDT
The CEO of the White House Gift Shop revealed on Saturday that North Koreans had tried unsuccessfully to purchase a so-called "trip coin" commemorating the since-cancelled meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
In a note to customers posted on the gift shop's website, Tony Giannini said that the commemorative coin had buyers in South Korea, and that people in the North had tried and failed to purchase the memento.
"Hundreds of magnificent people from South Korea and others including unsuccessful orders from North Korea who wanted to order this commemorative have shared with us in phone calls and in writing their steadfast hopes for peace and denuclearization," Giannini wrote.
"They have shared with us that the current coin is a symbol of hope and desire for peace," he added.
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Gift shop says North Koreans have tried to order commemorative US summit coin (Original Post)
DonViejo
May 2018
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dalton99a
(81,073 posts)1. What a shitty kiss-ass letter
marble falls
(56,359 posts)2. Maybe The NK has some ironic hipsters. I want one just for the giggles....
I just don't want to pay for it.
MiniMe
(21,677 posts)3. Why do most people associated with this corrupt administration have Italian names?
Trying to project a Mafia vibe?
manor321
(3,344 posts)4. That gift shop is a private enterprise
See Josh Marshall, that gift shop is a private enterprise unrelated to the White House or the government.