Kristi Noem's Account Of Meeting World Leader In New Book Is 'Bullsh**': Report

Kristi Noem’s claim in her new book that she met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is highly suspect, The Dakota Scout media outlet reported Thursday, citing its own investigation and several sources.

“It’s bullshit,” a high-level Capitol Hill staffer who worked with Noem when she was a congresswoman told the independent outlet.

Noem, the Republican South Dakota governor who’s been talked up as a possible running mate for Donald Trump, already courted controversy with an account in the book of killing her young dog Cricket because the pup behaved poorly and couldn’t hunt.

The assertion that she lied about chatting with the North Korean leader when she served in the House of Representatives gained steam when Noem’s spokesperson, Ian Fury, said in a statement to Politico: “We’ve been made aware that the publisher will be addressing conflated world leaders’ names in the book before it is released.”

Noem also recalled in the book that she canceled a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron last year, which Macron’s office denied, the Scout reported.

But her self-aggrandizing passage about the Kim meeting is particularly noteworthy.

In “No Going Back,” due out May 7, Noem wrote: “Through my tenure on the House Armed Services Committee, I had the chance to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders. I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation and determination. My experiences on those many foreign trips made me a better member of Congress and a stronger governor. It allowed me to hone my deal-making