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# Dennis Rodman on North Korea: "This Country is Not Bad"

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## Video: Dennis Rodman on North Korea: "This Country is Not Bad"

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_Published 2013-09-09. Dennis Rodman on North Korea: This Country is Not Bad_


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## Transcript

>> I just wish that all other people in the government and our country will understand the fact that this is not something that's going to interfere with our lives or anyone's lives in the world. This is about trying to breach and-- to breach a gap to a country that people say is so bad. This country is not bad because the marshal now, he wants to change, and I'm there. He wants to change. And the one thing, what we hear and what we see in America is most of you people here don't see that over there. Obama, what are you afraid of? Come talk to me. Guess what? He's amazing. He could talk to all these entertainers around the world.

You do one thing. You do that Martin Luther King thing. Guess what? I'm doing some groundbreaking. Come talk to me. I've seen things. I know things that you wanna know. Talk to me. And guess what? Obama, I don't hate your guts. Hillary, I love you. Bill Clinton, I love you. Guess what? Come talk to me. I know things. It takes a lot-- It takes a lot, man. It takes a lot to do one thing. How is Dennis Rodman, of all people, not Muhammad Ali, not Mike Tyson, not all the great athletes in the world, not Michael Jordan, why Dennis Rodman had to come break these grounds to make things work, why me? Of all people, because all the media in the world has always dogged Dennis Rodman, have dogged me, but I persevered.

If you meet the marshal over there, he's a very good guy and that's very seriously. He has to do his job, but he's a very good guy. And then one thing, he gave me-- he gave me the right in everything about doing one thing. He said, " Dennis, I want you to go over to America and say, guess what, we want people to come over here 'cause we're not a bad country ." And it's funny that, you know, 'cause people think this is a gimmick. I would love to make this a gimmick and make a-- load of money. I would love to make a-- load of money, but it's not about the money. It's about doing one thing, trying to open Obama's and everyone's mind.

And guess what, you don't have to talk about politics, talk about anything in the world. Meet him in Switzerland. Meet him in London. Meet him in Ireland. Just meet him or even give him a call. That's all he wants.

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