North Korea: reckless megalomaniacs with goofy haircuts playing brinkmanship

It is not yet clear which of the two, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, is more dangerous.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, second from left, shakes hands with South Korean General Leem Ho-Young near the demilitarized zone in South Korea, April 17. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. 1st Class Sean K. Harp

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

April 26, 2017

OTTAWA—To follow the course of recent Western political and media rhetoric, North Korean President Kim Jong-un is a reckless megalomaniac with a goofy haircut who is bent on a nuclear war with the United States. All eyes were on the Kim Jong-un regime as it prepared to celebrate the country’s n...

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