The head of Russia's top state news network said Sunday that President Donald Trump is worse thanNorth Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, less than three months after commending him for rising to powerin "his own way."News anchor Dmitry Kiselyov laid out a list of bullet pointson Russia's most widely watched news showfor why Trump is worse than the North Korean dictator.Admitting the dangers of both, Kiselyov ultimately called Trump the more dangerous of the two on the state-owned news networkRossiya Segodnya (translated as Russia Today).The criticisms included Trump's unwillingness to negotiate, the US'smilitary strike against Assad's governmentin Syria (while, according to Kiselyov, Jong-Un never went beyond threats and nuclear tests) and rumors of a military armada in the Korean peninsula."In this way, Trump is more impulsive and unpredictable than Kim Jong-Un," Kiselyov said. The final knock against Trumpcame when Kiselyov quippedthat, unlike Ivanka, Jong-Un's four-year-old daughter does not yet have her own office in the North Korean equivalent of the White House."Russia's propaganda chief says Trump is now worse than North Korea's Kim Jong-Un," tweeted Alexey Kovalev, aThe Moscow Timesjournalist who first broke thestory about Kiselyov's double take.Kiselyov, who once said that the organs of deceased LGBT Russians should be burned instead of donated for transplants,is frequently called a propagandistboth locally and in theWest and has long beenknown for his divisive rhetoric and pro-Kremlin parroting.But Kiselyov's criticism has seemedparticularly jarring because he heartily heaped praise on Trump only a few months prior.Months before the US Presidential election in November, Dmitry Kiselyov repeatedly praised Trump on the same "News of the Week" show, calling him a "rising star" and "anti-establishment" candidate who would bring necessarychange to American politics."He played by the rules and won the Presidency," Kiselyov said on air a few days after the November election.Kiselyov last offered enthusiasticsupport on January 23,when he welcomed Trump into office andcongratulated him for not using the words democracy or NATO during the speech.'The guests in the VIP seats had goosebumps,' Kiselyov said on air.Now that Trump been in office for few months and launched a strike against Assad's military base in Syria, Kiselyov has stopped praising Trump. Some analysts say it is yet anothersignofRussia's growing disillusionmentwith the American president after pre-election expectations that he would bring the two countries closer.In the last month, negative attitudes towards Trump among Russians rose from 7 percent to39 percent, according to a state poll released Monday."Donald Trump's aggressive behavior has resurrected distrust and ill-will towards America, something that has characterized Russian society for the last two decades," said Valery Federov, a primary organizer of the poll.The Kremlin has since distanced itselffrom Kisyelov's comparison, saying that Kisyelov's viewsare "'usually close' to the Russian government but do not align"every time.'SEE ALSO:Meet The Scary Man In Charge Of Vladimir Putin's New State News AgencyJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Here's what $1 billion worth of cocaine looks like
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