Kim and Trump: A dangerous bromance


Friends with benefits: North Korea issued postage stamps depicting Kim and Trump standing together at the DMZ, reflecting Kim’s wish to be seen as an equal negotiating partner with the leader of the most powerful country in the world. — AP

WHEN they hurled insults at each other such as “little rocket man” and “dotard”, and traded threats of nuclear annihilation, few could imagine that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump would develop such a lasting bromance in so little time.

Like any other close relationship, there must have been some sort of chemistry between the 36-year-old North Korean leader and the

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