PAThe verbal sparring between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un has reached breaking point, as the North Korean despot delivers a damning blow to the American President.
The only problem is, no one knows what the hell it means.
After Donald Trump called Kim ‘Rocket Man’ – a surprisingly cool and desirable nickname for the trigger-happy guy whose finger is poised over the red button that spells nuclear war – Kim has responded with equal gusto.
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The North Korean leader called Mr Trump a ‘mentally deranged US dotard’ on Friday and vowed the ‘highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history’ in response to Trump’s demand that the United Nations ‘totally destroy’ North Korea in self-defence.
In his United Nations speech, Mr Trump called North Korea’s autocracy a ‘band of criminals’ and Mr Kim a ‘Rocket Man’ on ‘a suicide mission’.
In the latest instalment in this political pissing contest, Kim Jong-un said of Donald, ‘A frightened dog barks louder’.
PANorth Korean foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, speaking on Wednesday at the General Assembly in New York said only Mr Kim would dunderstand the meaning of ‘hard-line countermeasure’.
Mr Ri added he thought the North might be considering the largest test of a hydrogen bomb ever in the Pacific Ocean, according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
GettyNorth Korea tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles in July, one of which demonstrated potential to reach mainland US.
Kim has also fired two ballistic missiles over Japan in recent weeks, causing South Korea to weigh in with their own fighting talk.
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While the situation does feel somewhat perilous, you can always trust the Twitter-people to see the funny side.
They have responded on behalf of their Presidential ‘dotard’ accordingly:
Donald Trump: "I have the best words, Rocket Man."
Kim Jong-un: "Hold my covfefe, #dotard."— Donald J. Trump (@BiglyPrez) September 22, 2017
Things we learned Thursday: Kim Jong-un speaks better English and has a larger vocabulary than our senile, Imbecile-in-Chief Trump. #dotard
— Bill Madden (@activist360) September 22, 2017
Laughing over #dotard isn't siding with the enemy. Conspiring w/ Russia to steal elections, however, is the definition of siding with enemy.
— Bryce Tache ?? (@brycetache) September 22, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump best efforts:
Lyin Ted
Little Marco
Low Energy Jeb
Crooked Hillary
RocketMan?Kim Jong-un
DEFINES @POTUS FOREVER#DOTARD? pic.twitter.com/yTFyI7HjPe— Edan Clay ? (@EdanClay) September 22, 2017
Everyone on Twitter
– OMG HE CALLED TRUMP A #dotard
– Is that a word?
– Wait…is that a real word?
– *looks up word*
– HE IS A DOTARD!
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) September 22, 2017
Haha everyone's looking up 'dotard' and saying "oh, yeah, that's bang on actually"
— Graham Linehan (@Glinner) September 22, 2017
Donald Trump is many things.
But is he a dotard? Grab the dictionary, stat.
A former emo kid who talks too much about 8Chan meme culture, the Kardashian Klan, and how her smartphone is probably killing her. Francesca is a Cardiff University Journalism Masters grad who has done words for BBC, ELLE, The Debrief, DAZED, an art magazine you’ve never heard of and a feminist zine which never went to print.