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 President Trump gave a speech at the United Nations in September of 2017 where he famously called Kim Jong Un, “rocket man.” Now, in one of the most bizarre stories we’ve heard this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will deliver a CD of Elton John’s song “Rocket Man” to the North Korean dictator today. Our world is truly beyond parody. 
 
 
 
 When President Trump and Kim met during their historic photo-op on June 12th, Trump reportedly asked Kim if he’d ever heard Elton John’s 1972 hit song. According to the South Korean media outlet Chosun Ilbo, the 34-year-old Kim replied that he’s never heard “Rocket Man.” So now Trump is sending a signed copy of the CD to Kim. Not signed by Elton John, mind you. The CD is reportedly signed by Donald Trump. 
 
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 Trump repeatedly called Kim both “rocket man” and “little rocket man” on Twitter and at his “campaign-style” neo-fascist rallies over the past year. 
 
 Mike Pompeo arrived in North Korea today for a two-day planning visit with officials from North Korea. The meeting is the third for Pompeo as they begin to lay the groundwork for another meeting between Trump and Kim. But skeptics wonder if this next meeting will actually accomplish anything. 
 
 So far, the United States is the only side that has given any concessions by agreeing to cease military drills in the region. North Korea has supposedly agreed to work towards denuclearization, something the country has agreed to many times before but never actually done. Experts have been cautiously optimistic that the meetings have staved off a Trump-created crisis, as he’s repeatedly threatened war against North Korea. But they also worry that Trump is setting expectations for disarmament that won’t be met. 
 
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 “On this trip, I’m seeking to fill in some details on those commitments and continue the momentum toward implementation of what the two leaders promised each other and the world,” Secretary Pompeo said in a written statement from the State Department. “I expect that (North Korea) is ready to do the same.” 
 
 
 
 For whatever it’s worth, Rocket Man is a damn good song. But Elton John hasn’t given Trump any kind of endorsement. 
 
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 Trump’s obsession with the song “Rocket Man” predates his presidency. Trump used the song repeatedly during his 2016 campaign at numerous rallies. But Elton John insists he never gave permission for use of the song. 
 
 “I don’t really want my music to be involved in anything to do with an American election campaign. I’m British,” Elton John said at the time. “I’ve met Donald Trump, he was very nice to me, it’s nothing personal, his political views are his own, mine are very different, I’m not a Republican in a million years.” 
 
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 Update, July 7, 2018, 11:10am: The U.S. State Department has come out denying that this story is true. 
 
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 From the Washington Post: 
 
 Speaking as Pompeo arrived in Tokyo, Nauert told reporters that the only thing Pompeo had left in Pyongyang was a letter to the North Korean leader from President Trump. “He didn’t leave anything behind other than a letter,” Nauert said. 
 
 But when Pompeo was asked about the CD directly he didn’t confirm or deny the story: 
 
 Pompeo was asked about the CD earlier by a journalist accompanying him to North Korea; the secretary of state laughed but did not confirm or deny the report. 
 
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 So, I guess, make of that what you will. 
 
 Update, July 10, 2018: President Trump has confirmed the existence of the CD but said that Pompeo didn’t deliver it yet. 
 
 “They didn’t give it. I have it for him. They didn’t give it. But it will be given at a different period,” Trump told pool reporters before departing for Europe this morning. “I actually do have a little gift for him, but you’ll find out what that gift is when I give it.” ||||| When Mike Pompeo meets Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, he will reportedly attempt to smooth a path towards denuclearisation with a gift that playfully references a low point in relations between the North Korean leader and Donald Trump: a CD of Elton John’s Rocket Man. 
 
 
 
 The US secretary of state will present Kim with the CD along with a letter from Trump, who memorably turned the song’s title into an epithet after the North stepped up its ballistic missile tests last year. 
 
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 Quoting unnamed sources in Washington, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper said the gifts reflected Trump’s belief that Kim would follow through on commitments the leaders agreed at their summit in Singapore last month. 
 
 Several times last year, Trump referred to the dictator as “little rocket man,” while Kim reciprocated by labelling the president a “mentally deranged dotard”. 
 
 Trump raised the rocket man reference during their meeting, the newspaper said. Kim said he had never heard the song, it added, prompting the president to ask Pompeo to take the CD with him to Pyongyang on what is his third trip to North Korea since April. 
 
 Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) Next stop: Pyongyang. I look forward to continuing my meetings with North Korean leaders. There's much hard work ahead but peace is worth the effort. pic.twitter.com/eozwL3Mx28 
 
 Pompeo was met on Friday at Pyongyang airport by Kim Yong-chol, a senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, and foreign minister Ri Yong Ho. While still en route, his spokeswoman Heather Nauert said he was “seeking to fill in some details on these [denuclearisation] commitments and continue the momentum towards implementation of what the two leaders promised each other and the world. I expect that the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] is ready to do the same.” 
 
 The CD is not the first bizarre White House offering to Pyongyang. During their summit, the US and North Korean delegations watched a four-minute video, made in the style of a Hollywood trailer, setting out the North’s stark choice: conflict with a powerful enemy or a peaceful and prosperous future as America’s (denuclearised) partner. The film, a copy of which was given to Kim, casts him and Trump as the architects of a new chapter in world history – “two men, two leaders, one destiny”. 
 
 As concerns grow that North Korea is upgrading its nuclear capability, despite agreeing to work towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, Pompeo said he expected the North to “fill in some details” outlined in the leaders’ Singapore declaration. 
 
 Pompeo said: “Since the summit the consultations have continued. On this trip I’m seeking to fill in some details on these commitments and continue the momentum towards implementation of what the two leaders promised each other and the world. I expect that [North Korea] is ready to do the same.” 
 
 In an earlier tweet Pompeo said Trump believes Kim wants a “different, brighter future” for North Koreans. “I spoke with @POTUS while we were both in the air. The President told me he believes that Chairman Kim sees a different, brighter future for the people of North Korea. We both hope that’s true,” he said. ||||| Donald Trump applauds while delivering a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. 
 
 Donald Trump made his way to Great Falls, Montana, on Thursday (July 5), primarily to slam Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and accuse him of failing to live up to his promises in Washington. 
 
 However, among the digs at Tester, Trump made a particularly interesting comment, originally noted by Deadline. He compared his oral skills to the talent of the great Elton John. "I’ve broken more Elton John [attendance] records, and I don’t have a musical instrument," he boasted. "I don’t have a guitar, or an organ. This is my only musical instrument–the mouth–and hopefully the brain is attached to the mouth. The brain is so much more important.” 
 
 The President and the music icon have had a bit of history during the 2016 campaign. Trump used "Rocket Man" during a lot of his rallies, and often refers to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un as the song title. 
 
 “I don’t really want my music to be involved in anything to do with an American election campaign. I’m British,” John told The Guardian at the time. “I’ve met Donald Trump, he was very nice to me, it’s nothing personal, his political views are his own, mine are very different, I’m not a Republican in a million years.” ||||| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left for North Korea on Thursday for denuclearization talks and brought two gifts for leader Kim Jong-un. One is a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and the other an Elton John CD with his song "Rocket Man." Sources in Washington said the gifts reflect Trump's expectations that Kim will follow through on the pledges in an agreement the two signed at their summit. 
 
 
 
 One diplomatic source in Washington said, "The 'Rocket Man' CD was the subject of discussion during Trump's lunch with Kim. Kim mentioned that Trump referred to him as 'rocket man' when tensions ran high last year" after a series of nuclear tests and missile launches by the North. "Trump then asked Kim if he knew the song and Kim said no." Trump remembered the conversation and told Pompeo to take a CD with the song for Kim. He reportedly wrote a message on it and signed it. Pompeo arrives in Pyongyang on Friday for a two-day visit. This is his third trip to North Korea. He is accompanied by Sung Kim, the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines and seasoned nuclear negotiator, Allison Hooker, a National Security Council adviser, Randall Schriver, an assistant secretary of defense for Asia Pacific security affairs, and Andrew Kim, the head of the CIA's Korea Mission Center. Six reporters are also on the plane. 
 
 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo boards a plane at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Thursday. /AP-Yonhap 
 
 Trump softened his approach to denuclearization since the summit. Reuters on Wednesday said Trump appears to have "shelved an 'all or nothing' approach to North Korean denuclearization. The U.S. State Department furtively shifted its insistence on a complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization (CVID) to a finally, fully-verified denuclearization (FFVD) after the North bristled against the former approach. Pompeo is expected to discuss the return of the remains of U.S. soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War. Although the North agreed to return their remains, details need to be ironed out, and North Korea has not yet taken delivery of some 100 coffins that are waiting at the border. The two sides will also discuss the timing of the North's dismantlement of the Tongchang-ri missile engine test site and whether to allow U.S. monitors to observe the process. 
 
 From left, Andrew Kim, Sung Kim, Allison Hooker and Randall Schriver 
 
 But the key is whether Pompeo can get Kim to act on his vague denuclearization pledge, agreeing to dismantle a specified amount of nuclear warheads by a given date. U.S. officials remain skeptical whether Pompeo's visit will produce palpable results. North Korea experts in Washington are unconvinced of the North's sincerity, and U.S. intelligence reports leaked last week suggest that North Korea is hiding nuclear facilities and suggest it has no real intention of giving up its nuclear arsenal. Read this article in Korean ||||| Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Trump tweets about North Korea's 'Rocket Man,' dings Hillary Clinton again 
 
 President Donald Trump began Sunday with a stream of tweets taking a dig at North Korea's leader, referring to him as "Rocket Man"; soaking up the praise of his supporters; correcting a typo from Saturday night; and targeting two of his favorite foils: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and The New York Times. 
 
 "I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad!" the president tweeted. 
 
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 Trump was referring to Moon Jae-in, the leader of South Korea, and Kim Jong Un, the North Korean strongman who has been pursuing the ability to launch missiles at any and all enemies. Presumably the "Rocket Man" reference was to the Elton John song from 1972. 
 
 The president also retweeted a Twitter post from Daily Mail U.S. Political Editor David Martosko criticizing a former New York Times reporter for writing that Trump was "not sending a great signal on child labor" by allowing an 11-year-old volunteer to mow the Rose Garden lawn on Friday. POLITICO previously reported that Martosko once talked with senior Trump administration officials about joining the White House's communications shop. 
 
 Just minutes before, Trump sent a note of thanks to someone named Lana Del Fenty for tweeting "we love and support Trump!" — and she responded in kind with thanks and surprise ("My phone can't handle all of this omg"). It was not clear why the president singled her out for praise. 
 
 As with past tweetstorms, the commander in chief could not resist the opportunity to criticize Clinton, who is back in the news with the release of her campaign memoir, "What Happened." The president retweeted a meme depicting him swinging at a golf ball that knocks Clinton down as she prepares to board a plane. Trump has stepped up his criticism of Clinton since the release of her memoir. 
 
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 The president also retweeted a handful of other memes, including a map depicting him winning every single state in 2020. 
 
 A little over an hour after it began, Trump signaled that he had "Important meetings and calls scheduled for today" and after two more retweets, this time about his travel ban, the president's feed went silent again. ||||| Trump and Kim Jong Un plan to meet. Here are the worst insults they've slung at each other 
 
 CLOSE South Korea's national security adviser Chung Eui Yong said President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet by May. (March 8) AP 
 
 Facing someone you've insulted is hard. Facing that person when there are nuclear stakes on the line ... well. 
 
 President Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May to discuss a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, a South Korean official said outside the White House on Thursday. 
 
 And while the move appears to be an effort toward easing tension between the two countries, a war of words has raged for a while. 
 
 From "rocket man" to "dotard," Trump and Kim have dished some dangerous disses. Before the two leaders meet, here's a look at some of the nastiest insults they've slung. 
 
 'Short and fat' 
 
 "Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?'" Trump tweeted during a trip to Vietnam.The president continued saying he tried to be Kim's friend and that "maybe someday that will happen." 
 
 Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2017 
 
 Trump's dig came after North Korean state media bashed Trump as an "old lunatic" offering a "load of rubbish" during Trump's visit to South Korea in November. 
 
 'Dotard' vs. 'Madman' 
 
 The whole world had to whip out their dictionaries for one of Kim's insults in September. Replying to threats in a speech Trump gave at the United Nations, Kim said he'd "surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire." 
 
 The archaic jab hit home, and Trump responded on Twitter the next morning calling Kim "obviously a madman." 
 
 Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2017 
 
 'Rocket man' 
 
 Trump has nicknames for many of his foes, and Kim is no different. 
 
 First put out in a tweet in September, "rocket man" has become a popular refrain for Trump when referring to Kim. He then used it days later before the United Nations General Assembly. 
 
 "The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea," Trump said. "Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime." 
 
 I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2017 
 
 Who's got the bigger 'button'? 
 
 Both Trump and Kim say they have buttons — big nuclear buttons — but whose is biggest? 
 
 The commander-in-chief will tell you his. "I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!" Trump tweeted in response to Kim saying he had a nuclear launch button at his desk. 
 
 North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2018 
 
 Of course, neither likely have the ability to launch nuclear weapons with the push of one button, nuclear experts say. The process of launching missiles is more complex, but Trump could fire around 800 nuclear within 15 minutes. 
 
 Get a life 
 
 After North Korean tested a ballistic missile in July, Trump wondered if Kim had any better way to spend his time. 
 
 "North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?" Trump tweeted. 
 
 North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017 
 
 He then called on China to pressure the rogue state to "end this nonsense once and for all!" 
 
 ....and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017 
 
 'Bereft of reason' 
 
 After North Korea threatened a ballistic missile strike on the U.S. territory of Guam, Trump vowed "fire and fury like the world has never seen." The threat came just hours after reports that country had developed a miniaturized nuclear warhead. 
 
 "North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States," Trump said in August from the clubhouse at his golf course in Bedminster, N.J. 
 
 North Korea's army retorted that Trump lacked reason. 
 
 "Sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and only absolute force can work on him," a statement from North Korean Gen. Kim Rak Gyom said. 
 
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 Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2tx8oPA ||||| UNITED NATIONS -- North Korea's top diplomat said Monday that President Trump's tweet that leader Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer" was "a declaration of war" against his country by the United States. 
 
 "This is clearly a declaration of war," Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters through a translator in New York. "... The U.N. Charter stipulates individual member states' rights to self-defense. Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down the United States' strategic bombers even when they're not yet inside the airspace border of our country." 
 
 Later, at the White House, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that Mr. Trump's remarks should not be viewed as a declaration of war. 
 
 "We've not declared war on North Korea, and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd," Sanders said. 
 
 White House pushes back on North Korea's "war" claim 
 
 Sanders also responded to Ri's threat to shoot down American bombers. 
 
 "It's never appropriate for a country to shoot down another country's aircraft when it's over international waters," Sanders said. "Our goal is still the same: We continue to seek the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. That's our focus, doing that through both the most maximum economic and diplomatic pressures as possible at this point." 
 
 Mr. Trump didn't respond to questions from reporters about Ri's comments following an Oval Office ceremony where the president signed a presidential memorandum on funding for science, technology, engineering and math education. 
 
 CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk reports the North Korean issue was the subject of several talks at the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York, which concluded Monday. Mr. Trump met with the president of South Korea and the prime minister of Japan about North Korea last week. 
 
 "The real question is Russia and China," Falk said on CBSN. "Their foreign ministers at this U.N. General Assembly made clear what they want is more diplomatic effort." 
 
 Monday was not the first time North Korea has spoken about a declaration of war between the two countries. In July 2016, Pyongyang said U.S. sanctions imposed on Kim were "a declaration of war." 
 
 Ri referred Monday to Mr. Trump's tweet Saturday that said: "Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!" 
 
 Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017 
 
 Mr. Trump also used the derisive "Rocket Man" reference to Kim in his speech at the U.N. on Sept. 19, but this time he added the word "little." 
 
 The foreign minister's brief statement to a throng of reporters outside his hotel before heading off in a motorcade, reportedly to return home, built on the escalating rhetoric between Kim and Mr. Trump. 
 
 "The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea," Mr. Trump had told world leaders. "Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime." 
 
 Kim responded with the first-ever direct statement from a North Korean leader against a U.S. president, lobbing a string of insults at Mr. Trump and calling him a "mentally deranged U.S. dotard," a word to describe an old person who is weak-minded. 
 
 Mr. Trump responded by tweeting that Kim is "obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people." 
 
 Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2017 
 
 Kim retorted that Mr. Trump would "pay dearly" for his threat to destroy North Korea and said his country will consider the "highest level of hard-line countermeasures in history." 
 
 Asked about countermeasures, Ri then told reporters in New York that "I think it could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific." 
 
 In his speech Saturday to the General Assembly, Ri said Mr. Trump's "rocket man" insult makes "our rocket's visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the more." 
 
 North Korea pushes countries to turn on U.S. after Trump's UN speech 
 
 "None other than Trump himself is on a suicide mission," Ri had said. "In case innocent lives of the U.S. are lost because of this suicide attack, Trump will be held totally responsible." 
 
 On Monday, Ri escalated the threat. 
 
 He opened his remarks to reporters in Korean by saying that over the last few days, the U.N. and the international community clearly have wished "that the war of words between the DPRK and the United States will not turn into real action." 
 
 DPRK refers to the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 
 
 "However, that weekend, Trump claimed that our leadership wouldn't be around much longer, and ... he declared the war on our country," Ri said. 
 
 "Given the fact that this comes from someone who is currently holding the seat of (the) United States presidency, this is clearly a declaration of war," the foreign minister said. 
 
 A man watches a television screen showing President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Thu., Aug. 10, 2017. AP 
 
 He said all U.N. members and the world "should clearly remember that it was the U.S. who first declared war on our country." 
 
 Ri then said North Korea now has the right to retaliate against U.S. bombers. 
 
 He ended his brief remarks by saying: "The question of who won't be around much longer will be answered then." 
 
 Mr. Trump's tweets have sparked or stoked several controversies during the first year of his presidency, including his recent criticism of NFL players who kneel during the national anthem as a form of protest. 
 
 Even some of the president's supporters aren't fans of how he uses Twitter, as one told "60 Minutes" special contributing correspondent Oprah Winfrey in a roundtable discussion broadcast Sunday night. 
 
 Divided 
 
 "I still don't like his attacks, his Twitter attacks, if you will, on other politicians," a man named Tom said. "I don't think that's appropriate. But, at the same time, his actions speak louder than words. And I love what he's doing to this country. Love it." 
 
 Meanwhile, North Korea was trying to convince other governments to condemn Mr. Trump for his U.N. speech, CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports. 
 
 In a letter sent to foreign parliaments, North Korea called Mr. Trump's threat an "intolerable insult," North Korean state media reported, and Ri said Mr. Trump's words made North Korea's "rockets' visit to the U.S. mainland inevitable all the more." 
 
 It was not immediately clear which governments had been sent the letter, Tracy reports, but it was part of what appeared to be a new approach of trying to turn Mr. Trump's threats to destroy North Korea against him. 
 
 U.S. military planes fly up coast of North Korea in show of force 
 
 Also making headlines Monday is North Korea's foreign minister saying that the derisive words Mr. Trump has been using against dictator Kim Jong Un amount to a declaration of war, and the North has the right to retaliate by shooting down U.S. bombers, even in international air space, CBS News' David Martin reports. 
 
 Over the weekend, U.S. military planes flew up the coast of North Korea in a show of force. The B-1 bombers and their F-15 fighter escorts flew at night, when any North Korean jet that attempted to intercept them would be at an extreme disadvantage. 
 
 And although they flew further north than American combat aircraft have gone in years, they stayed 200 miles off the coast -- out of effective range of North Korean anti-aircraft missiles. In other words, there was very little, if any, risk North Korea could actually shoot down an American bomber.
– President Trump is about to dredge up what the Guardian says was a "low point" in his relationship with Kim Jong Un, but this time around as a wry attempt to suggest "no harm, no foul" to the North Korean leader. At least, that's what appears to be the reason behind a gift Trump is reportedly giving Kim, to be delivered via Secretary of State Mike Pompeo while he's in North Korea this week: a CD with Elton John's song "Rocket Man," per the Chosun Ilbo's sources. Late last year, Trump often referred to Kim—and not in a complimentary way—as "Rocket Man" or "Little Rocket Man" in tweets and speeches, leading Kim to fire back that Trump was a "mentally deranged US dotard." Apparently the "Rocket Man" epithet came up when the two leaders met at last month's summit in Singapore, and Trump discovered that Kim had never heard the Elton John song. And so the CD (reportedly signed by Trump) ended up in Pompeo's luggage, along with a letter to Kim. Gizmodo, which calls "Rocket Man" a "damn good song," notes Trump seems fixated on the 1972 hit, which became a staple of sorts at his rallies while he was campaigning for the presidency. On Thursday, Trump once again referenced the British superstar, per Billboard, noting at a rally in Montana that "I've broken more Elton John [attendance] records, and I don't have a musical instrument. … This is my only musical instrument—the mouth—and hopefully the brain is attached to the mouth. The brain is so much more important."