This very interesting world
Nothing to see here folks, move on.
Anything in this very interesting world is possible, but I believe that Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic potential of North Korea, & will do nothing to interfere or end it. He also knows that I am with him & does not want to break his promise to me. Deal will happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2019
Trump is with Kim Jong-un. Trump is not with the EU, or NATO, or Merkel, or the UN, or Schumer, or Mueller, or Obama, but he is with Kim Jong-un. Interesting.
South Korea isn’t quite so with Kim.
South Korea initially reported Saturday that a single missile was fired, but later issued a statement that said “several projectiles” had been launched and that they flew up to 200km (125 miles) before splashing into the sea toward the north-east.
If it’s confirmed that the North fired banned ballistic missiles, it would be the first such launch since the North’s November 2017 test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. That year saw a string of increasingly powerful weapons tests from the North and a belligerent response from Trump that had many in the region fearing war.
Experts say the North may increase these sorts of low-level provocations to apply pressure on the US to agree to reduce crushing international sanctions.
Well, Trump is with Kim, so no doubt he’ll be obliging.
Coming up: Trump Tower, Pyongyang.
Maybe not the same sort of cachet as the Moscow location, but you’ve got to take your dictators as they come.
Trump is too incurious, too narcissistic*, too fucking stupid to appreciate just how very interesting the world is. If it doesn’t directly benefit Trump, Trump isn’t interested.
* I heard a comedian (I forget who, or where) a few years ago say about Trump that he was so in love with himself, even when he’s having sex with a beautiful woman he closes his eyes and imagines he’s masturbating.
AOS: SCREAMING LAUGHTER.