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Dennis Rodman reportedly won't be able to help Trump with DPRK relations
President Trump reportedly wants Dennis Rodman’s help reaching Kim Jong Un again. Journalist Josh Rogin, however, indicated those efforts would be fruitless after Rodman allegedly vomited and defecated in the hallway of Kim’s hotel in 2014.
According to the New York Post, President Trump has invited basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman to a rally in Durant, Oklahoma, which is Rodman’s college town. Sources told the Post it’s tied to Trump’s push to reopen contact with Kim after November’s midterms, as he said in August he wants to meet Kim before the end of the year.
Washington Post reporter says Pres. Trump won’t be able to use Dennis Rodman in DPRK relations after allegedly defecating on a North Korean hotel floor
Journalist Josh Rogin, however — who works as a foreign policy columnist for The Washington Post — said those efforts from Trump are pointless, as Rodman is no longer in Kim Jong Un’s good graces after allegedly getting “super drunk and defecating on the hotel room floor.”
Rogin shared an old report alleging Rodman got severely drunk during a visit to Pyongyang, vomiting and defecating in a hallway at the Koryo Hotel in an incident that ended Kim’s friendship with him. The report said North Korean authorities told him he wouldn’t be welcomed back until he finished an alcohol treatment program.
Kim Jong Un broke off his friendship with Rodman after the last visit where Rodman allegedly got super drunk and allegedly defacated on the hotel room floor. He can’t help Trump with North Korean diplomacy anymore. https://t.co/iyRiVOMhN2
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) September 30, 2026
Rodman made at least five trips to Pyongyang between 2013 and 2017 and famously called Kim a “friend for life.” He also has a history with Trump that dates back to an appearance on Trump’s reality show The Celebrity Apprentice in 2009.
During Trump’s first term from 2016 to 2020, he and Kim met three times: Singapore in June 2018, Hanoi in February 2019, and at the DMZ that same