He's sounding just a little bit appeasy. If memory serves, surely Republicans like to get on their high horses about the appeasement of dictators.
But confronted with their own President's love of dictators and brutal thugs, many of them go awfully quiet.
This new America is quite a surprise. No one can call this President choosey. So long as the veneer is gold, he's in. Next thing you know, there will be a Trump tower in Pyong-Yang.