Relatives of Travis King, the U.S. Army private who dashed across North Korea’s border, are speaking out to NBC News. Plus, a woman who took part in the guided tour that King joined before running into the demilitarized zone is sharing her account of the incident. Matt Bradley has details.
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Do what American do best. Sue North Korea.
Don’t waste U.S. resources on trying to save his dumb @$$
Eh they’ll bring him back look at Brittany Greiner
All the blacks who don’t like to live in the USA.dont rob banks and stores. You can move to north Korea, they will feed you in North Korea and you don’t have to work.
Doesn’t take a genius to understand that North Korea is a place you DONT want to enter
Well he deserved that
Us should be done with helping pepole that do dumb decisions help veterans first
Mental illness. He really needs a good jag lawyer so he can get the correct discharge.
Leave him there!!! He is Kims problem now!
Either stupidity or mental health issues. Or both.
Leave him there. Do NOT turn this into some diplomatic process or rescue mission. This should have been kept quiet and swept under a rug in the first place. Now Kim Jong Un thinks he has a pawn.
Not only did this man betray his country. He betrayed his family.
Seeking to dodge accountability he has landed into the fire from the frying pan
Just leave him there. Good riddance. Enjoy your stay in North Korea.
Look at US government trade a terrorist to bring this scum of the earth back to America just like Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout exchange i say let this soab rot there or who knows he might be movie star there.
It’s always the worst of humanity that flood the comments section in these scenarios.
You people are something else 😔
And these extremely biased, narrative based mainstream media outlets, rely on that
That was definitely planned ahead of time. James Dresnok and three other Americans did the same thing during the Korean War.
John McCain 2
Well enjoy the stay buddy
He ran there on his own, now he has to stay there. Why should Govt waste your time with him? We need help at home. He’s got a mental problem.
Oh Jesus Christ. Embarrassing low IQ family. This makes sense now.
What a dope
What trash the punk is.
Hope they let him stay there.
No big loss.
What a criminal.
Keep him. One less one of them.
Probably doing a good John McCain Imitation. Singing like a bird.
He bout learn today
Now everybody on base gotta suffer for his stupidity, smh.
I hope that North Korea keeps him and makes an example of him. He is a trouble maker and deserves to be punished.
Let him rot in North Korea.
Boy about to be disappeared. Dumb kid.
Problematic in the USA, problematic everywhere.
Leave him there. He did it purposely to avoid punishment. American soldiers have defected to N. Korea before it ended up ok maybe he will too.
Bright young lad it seems he’s going places
Wow..what a nut. How did he even get into the service to begin with? And why would those who escorted him to the airport not stay until the flight took off with him on it. 😮💨 Oh well…I don’t feel sorry for him, even though I know he’s unstable. He has been coddled & abetted in his ongoing disruptive behavior. I do feel bad for his Mom. But he needs to be locked away period. He will only escalate his bad actions. So bye Boo-boo–do you.😒
Leave him there. He seems like he deliberately wanted to run from something and wanted to defect. Why all the fuss?
I bet he was the type of soldier that got everyone smoked in his platoon.
Leavem there !
And finally… he will learn some discipline..
Friend “no one can single handedly cause a national scandal”
Travis “hold my court martial”
Mind as well leave him North Korean custody he isn’t worth all this media attention
*What is wrong with his hat in that pic? Looks like its inside out.*
Pray he comes home!!!! 🙏🙏
This happened to nuisance” for Kim Jong Un’s administration.
Travis’s action was same the Charles Robert Jenkins.
So the guy without a single doubt was going to receive his field grade article 15 and get chaptered tf out which is what should happen but instead this clown dug himself an even deeper hole. All for what? lol
if kim jong un were president of USA, there would be NO illegal immigration.
He was a terrorist he’s not a soldier..
He’ll be lucky to regret his decision if he lives through it.
of course the guys dad was not around LOL. And is this guy trying to start ww3?!
Ran away from discipline into a even bigger problem, you’re def going to a concentration camp
How do guys like this get through meps smfh
I say just leave him there he’s gonna realize how dumb he is once they starve him
Dad was never around
He’d rather take his chances in the DPRK then go back home and face discipline 😂….but also very sad 😢
North Korea must show US how to handle illegal border crossings. Light punishment for such crime will not be tolerated. Ghetto behaviors will not be tolerated in Asia unlike the US. He also spent 2 years incarcerated in S Korea for vandalizing a police car
Nope spent just 2month lol
No diplomatic problem , he will not be kicking police cars and hitting people for quite some time.
That kid should have stayed in the hood.
Hes a grown adult
Let him face his consequences
Stupid guy that was so stupid!! He wants a death wish that’s for sure
So far the public reports barely add up to anything to be concerned about; since they let him out of jail un-cuffed and was ready to ship him out. Whatever he did wasn’t that deep, maybe enough to get fines and a dishonorable discharge. I want to know what really made him run across the border.
Let him deal with it on his own. Racist, violent, unhinged, stupid.
Thats a heck of an out
The reason he ran “dad” is because he decided to break the law in a different country and dident wanna face the consequences like a real man, now his life is on the line and it will probably be a political crisis
He was just upset that South Korean police gave him a beating and he couldn’t sue. No payday. So he thought he be treated better in North Korea.
How does one jJUST run like that? Don’t they have soldiers at the border? Walls? Gate?
dumb person deserves what he gets
No, he’s facing charges of desertion and being AWOL. That is, if his gracious host releases him. I can’t believe there’s no surveillance video of him running. I mean there’s got to be cameras everywhere.
He’s a Re Re Let him Burn 🔥… I’m Black and at 23 ..in the Army and you don’t know better… Can’t help you.
This guy took an oath to follow orders, yet his childish behavior tarnishes the whole U.S. If you joined the military then what did you expect, a cushy job in a foreign locale, or serving the U.S. honorably? Basic reality, I promised I would, ‘follow all lawful orders’, so I did. This fellow won’t do well in system that does NOT TOLERATE insubordination.
plot twist, this is all a false flag, the soldier is actually a trained secret agent and attempting to infiltrate north korean intelligence at the highest levels. god bless him and god bless America. go get em son!!!!
He’s a crappy human being and he was probably about to get a military discharge for all the crimes he committed than eventually charged with it … that’s why he bailed and ran to North Korea . He probably did something even more crazier besides being lead with 4 charges and a leading investigation would of had found out more about other crimes he’s committed . That just about sums it up on why a person would do such a thing … desperate people will do desperate things . ..
Creating problems wherever he goes…!!
It seems like he is on a mission to spread the black people stereotype overseas….🤣🤣🤣
Well he chose his jail sentence
I know the guys assigned to his military escort are getting in so much trouble, because why would you leave your escort at the airport and not ensure that he got on the plane?
인터뷰
At least North Korea will treat that African man better than Americans
NBC trying desperately to garner sympathy for the “DESERTER”. He grew up without a father MY MY, so did Dr. Ben Carson . He was and will probably always be a PUNK wanting special treatment because “he’s Black”. Leave him in prison until such time as he grows up.
As foolish as this young man’s actions were….I feel so bad for him. Don’t doubt that every second he is regretting and wishing he could return. He may have been a young man with a chip on his shoulder….but this was the worst choice ever he could make.
Wow poor mother.
LEAVE HIM THERE….WE ALREADY TRADED ONE DUMMY FOR A REAL TERRORIST 😅
This guy didn’t care about his foolish decisions. Let him learn his lesson.
This kid has mental issues.. the army should never except him
Ahem: okay i watched the rest of it..go mom!
Foooool !!!
His dad was never around… all I need to hear, fam.
he’s clearly sick smh, mental health is important. could be undiagnosed bipolar disorder
The young people today think Socialism is the solution to everything. Maybe he wanted to try living it.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU’LL NEED IT NOW MORE THAN EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bring him back home, brain dead 😂
I know people that think this is a paid stunt 🤦♂️
Bye Felecia!
When they join right after high school their brains are still forming I think what ever his issue is was on its way to get worse.
I don’t think he wanted to go to North Korea. I think he wanted to die by suicide.
This guy who crossed into North Korea is wako….watch him closely he has signs of doing something seriously wrong….
feel bad for his family.
He waz a good boi didn’t due nuffin wrong he went to church.
He was a criminal failed soldier who is running from the consequences of his actions.
Feed him to your pigs Kim. We have alot more BLM breed you can have too.
Waitttt.. did this man really run head first into North Korea to evade American discipline? That’s basically the most assbackwards thing I’ve ever heard 😂🤦🏼♀️
Your system society forced him to think it’s better to live and in north Korea then with ur legal system in us and South Korea