Kim will play Trump on nuclear arms to get help, end isolation

Saddam Hussein was a madman. Muamar Kaddafi was a lunatic. Idi Amin was stark raving crazy – deranged. Ferdinando Marcos was self-absorbed in the evil within him. Stalin was a cold-blooded killer. Augusto Pinochet was a tin pot dictator without a vision. Among all these brutes, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un might be the most calculating. His family dynasty has stared the mightiest global power in the face and come out even stronger. He appears smarter and more ruthless than his father – Kim Jong Il. It’s unclear how he stacks up against Kim IL Sung – his grandfather, the founder of the dynasty. Bottom line – King Jong Un is a rational actor.

After a year of juvenile bombast and more heat than light between Kim and Donald Trump, the latter has accepted a summit invitation from the former. The “Little Rocket Man” is going to meet the “Dotard.” I would pay anything to be a fly on that wall. That’s because Trump is a demagogue and a racist proto fascist who doesn’t – can’t – think. The man moves on instinct like a beast of prey. On the other hand, Kim is a cold and calculating Machiavellian. He’s reportedly put relatives and even his regents to death – by firing squad. And he’s only 33. With a resume like that, Trump can’t, and shouldn’t, simply wing it with Kim.