Donald is the New Dennis

Once again the reporters of current events are treating Donald Trump like he is President, as opposed to man who is playing President. Nothing says that better than a South Korean delegation on the front lawn of the White House making an announcement about a meeting between Kim Jong-un and Trump (which apparently does not definitively include the South Koreans). An announcement our Secretary of State obviously had no advance warning of.

Yet the analysis I have seen thus far has wallowed in meaningful speculation. Really? How many times can a person be kicked in the ass before it is felt? The only thing meaningful about this announcement is how consistent it is with the lunacy of this Presidency.

The White House has been reduced to that of a giant circus clown car. No matter how many ridiculous, slap stick, or even scary things emerge from it, there always seems to be just one more.

It is understandable why Kim Jong-un might be described as a nut-case, but that, at the very least, would be short sighted. He is the inheritor of a nation of 25 million people which the world has allowed to devolve into a giant cult.  Through decades of indoctrination, he, his father, and his grandfather have been elevated to deity status.  The use of a perplexing and bizarre interpretation of Marxist Communism has essentially been talking points to support their autonomy.

As might be expected, Kim Jong-un is seriously ruthless. His gulags and assassinations are notorious. He appears to judge the condition of his nation’s people by the extent to which his authoritarian rule is sustained.  He is, by all reasonable international standards, a bad dude.

It also appears that he is fascinated or even loves Western culture.  Exposed to the West during his early school years in Switzerland, he is not as blind as the vast majority of North Koreans. Yet I question that he might now view the West as one might a carnival sideshow.  His fascination with Dennis Rodman is a good example.

Not only did he court the attention of Dennis Rodman and allowed Dennis into his inner sanctum, but he also publicly acknowledged their relationship. Why? Could it be because Dennis represented the peculiar extreme of American Sport’s eccentricities?  I think so. I also believe it to be entirely possible that Kim Jong-un sees Donald Trump as the Dennis Rodman of American Governance, maybe even as a kindred spirit.

For Trump to elevate Kim Jong-un to that of an international foreign leader is no small deviation from 64 years of American foreign policy. Americans may think that this “bold” move on the part of the Trumpster is just our way of solving the problem of having nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula.  It is far more likely that Kim is playing Donald like the marionette he is.

What is North Korea without nuclear weapons? A blacklisted, third world nation unable to compete in the world, except in displays of synchronize human movement.  More importantly, what is Kim Jong-un without nuclear weapons? Ditto. There is no denuclearization of North Korea on the horizon…period.  Kim’s ride up the escalator at Trump Tower is his first victory. There will likely be more with the great “deal-maker” President we now have in charge.

What makes Trump so predictably a loser? It can be wrapped up in the answer he gave this week to a reporter. When asked what made the apparent moves by Kim Jong-un happen, he answered quickly (for him) a truthful one word answer. He said “me”. He actually believes that bombastic remarks like “fire and fury”, “little rocket man”, and “I’ve got a bigger button” can change the course of international relations.  Someone with a Narcissistic Personality Disorder could not believe differently.

Simply put…Donald Trump is the new Dennis Rodman…minus the piercings.