Kim Jong Un dumps Trump, cozies up abroad’s arms

A lot for falling “in love”: Kim Jong Un made it clear that the bromance he and felon-elect Donald Trump shared throughout his first time period is over. 

“We have already explored every possible avenue in negotiating with the U.S.,” the North Korean chief stated Friday at a convention with military officers. 

Kim—who has cozied up with fellow Russian dictator Vladimir Putin amid the continuing Ukraine battle—slammed the U.S.’s “unchanging aggressive and hostile policy,” citing the nation’s assist of Ukraine. 

The North Korean dictator additionally denounced the U.S. for bolstering its anti-nuclear ties with South Korea and criticized a possible three-way relationship together with Japan—which the island nation’s new prime minister has dubbed “Asian NATO.”

In response, Kim insisted that his nation’s greatest approach to reply is to construct the “strongest defense power that can overwhelm the enemy.”

This aggression from North Korea is available in stark distinction to Trump’s claims that Kim “misses” him. 

“But, no, I got along with him,” Trump boasted in July, occurring to incorrectly declare that he “stopped the missile launches” throughout his first time period and that he would preserve North Korea from “acting up” this time round. 

Nevertheless, Kim appears to be previous the love letter section of his and Trump’s relationship and has turned his affection towards Moscow. 

With the Biden administration throwing assist—and $4.7 billion price of mortgage forgiveness—towards Ukraine, the 2 dictators are locking arms in response. Final week, Putin and Kim signed into legislation a groundbreaking treaty—first launched in June—stating that if one of many international locations are invaded, the opposite should present navy and different help. This doesn’t bode properly.
 

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