North Korea took umbrage at President Trump referring to
President Kim Jong un as “Rocket Man” again recently. Choe Son Hui, the Hermit
Kingdom’s first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, at least until Kim tires of
him and has him executed via anti-aircraft fire, issued the following
statement…carried by state run news agency KCNA: “If this is meant to make expressions,
reminiscent of those days just two years ago when a war of words was fought
across the ocean surface, again on purpose, it will be a very dangerous challenge.” Choe also said the Trump’s remark had “prompted
the waves of hatred of our people against the U.S. and the Americans and they
are getting higher and higher.” She
added: “It would be fortunate” if Trump’s remarks were
simply “an instantaneous verbal lapse, but the matter becomes different if they
were a planned provocation that deliberately targeted us.”
Trump
had also recently noted that the United States reserved the right to use
military force against North Korea. Choe said Trump’s comments undermined the
dignity of North Korea and its leader. She vowed that her country would be
watching closely to see if Trump dared repeat the remarks, and issued an
undignified swipe at the American president: “If any language and expressions
stoking the atmosphere of confrontation are used once again on purpose at a
crucial moment as now, that must really be diagnosed as the relapse of the
dotage of a dotard.” Language precisely like that, you mean? Hopefully, Choe’s
words were simply an instantaneous verbal lapse and not a planned provocation
deliberately targeting the United States. (The North Korean leadership, not yet
very adept at the use of the English language, discovered the word “dotard” a
couple of years ago, and it is obvious they are extremely fond of it).
Kim
has been launching short-range ballistic missiles this year as if they were
bottle rockets on the Fourth of July, though he probably wouldn’t like that
analogy. Yet, he cryptically warned the U.S. that it has only
until the end of this year to change its stance on his country or he would
consider taking an unspecified “new path.”
Trump
has been cautioned against calling Kim “Rocket Man” again, but what if he
called him “Sprocket Man” or “Socket Man?” Would this still irk the Dear
Leader? How about “Pocket Man?” Would that make Kim go down a new path? “Docket
Man?” would make Kim sound like a legal guru. How insulting could that be?
Maybe Trump could refer to Kim as “Rock It Man!” That could even be a tribute.
“I have to tell you, you ‘Rock It, Man!’”
“Missile
Man?” That has nice alliteration and would make Kim sound like a superhero, no?
“Projectile Person?” This term would have
the advantage of being politically correct, though that isn’t a “thing” in
North Korea.
It used to be said that, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will
never hurt me.” Those days are long gone. Here and abroad.
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