Ahead of his summit with Kim Jong Un in Vietnam, President Donald Trump touted the “AWESOME” potential for North Korea if they denuclearize.

“The potential is AWESOME, a great opportunity, like almost none other in history, for my friend Kim Jong Un,” the President tweeted.

Yes, Trump called a murderous dictator his “friend.”

Vietnam is thriving like few places on earth. North Korea would be the same, and very quickly, if it would denuclearize. The potential is AWESOME, a great opportunity, like almost none other in history, for my friend Kim Jong Un. We will know fairly soon – Very Interesting!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 27, 2019

He also swiped at Democrats for not being able to do “it” while Barack Obama was president:

The Democrats should stop talking about what I should do with North Korea and ask themselves instead why they didn’t do “it” during eight years of the Obama Administration?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 27, 2019

Since Kim’s crimes against humanity are too numerous to list Twitter was shocked the “president” of the United States would call the North Korean leader his “friend.”

North Korea is led by a homicidal thug who starves his own people and kills his own family. And our President calls him his friend. How did we get here? https://t.co/Vn7hlovuWh

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) February 27, 2019

We have a president who calls Kim Jong Un his "friend" but SNL his enemy. https://t.co/6GWGJPYr06

— Laurie Crosswell (@lauriecrosswell) February 27, 2019

I'm all for engagement and a peace process. BUT should an American president use the phrase "my friend" for a guy who has had his uncle and brother killed, starved his people, murdered his rivals… and had I guy who fell asleep shot with an anti aircraft gun? https://t.co/rr7XbbywDN

— John Barron (@JohnBarronUSA) February 27, 2019

Did y'all ever see the United States having a President who bragged about being friends with dictators?
I freely admit that I did not. https://t.co/2wPNTHZSVg

— Albert Muller (@aj_macready) February 27, 2019

"My friend Kim Jong Un" – a US president on the head of a regime a #UN commission found guilty of crimes against humanity including murder, enslavement, torture, rape, forced abortions and other sexual violence, persecution on political, religious, racial and gender grounds. https://t.co/6NyDa2bxDg

— Nick Bryant (@NickBryantNY) February 27, 2019

Trump refers to the maniacal homicidal dictator of North Korea as a friend. The very same Kim Jong Un who ordered the execution of hundreds of officials, his brother, & uncle. Execution methods include "feeding naked prisoners to hungry animals & use of anti-aircraft guns." pic.twitter.com/FlPp8x2Gla

— HawaiiDelilah™ (@HawaiiDelilah) February 27, 2019