It takes a very different circumstance to get all Americans in settlement, but everyone sans Jesse Jackson concurs that there is something very horrific and painful about Dennis Rodman going to North Korea. So, in fact, everybody needs to grasp what the White Home thinks, and Jay Carney needed to deal with Rodman at Tuesday’s press briefing.

Carney repeatedly made it clear that Rodman is on a private commute and the USA does not “vet non-public shuttle to North Korea,” irrespective of how big a one-man powder keg the person traveling there may be. And whereas “sports activities diplomacy” is always good, as Carney stated, Rodman isn’t going to North Korea for diplomatic talks; he’s bringing other ex-NBA avid gamers with him to do an exhibition sport for Kim Jong-Un‘s birthday.

Carney also took a shot at Rodman’s freakout on CNN, saying “I’m now not going to dignify that outburst with a response.”

So congratulations, Dennis Rodman, america govt formally needs nothing to do with you.

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