In an unexpected about-face, bellicose dictator Kim Jong Un today stated that, in reference to his recent threats to South Korea and the United States, that he was " ... just kidding." The announcement, that was made during the calisthenic portion of Korean TV's Morning Doctrine Correctness program, came as a shock to North Korea-watchers, including President Donald J. Trump and members of his administration. "This guy, he's really REALLY getting on my nerves," quipped the president in a surprise news conference at Mar-A-Lago, the unofficial second-Camp David preferred by Trump and all golf-loving leaders of state. "I mean, what's the deal? He's kidding? Do North Koreans kid? Who knew that they kidded?"
In another change of direction, the American president indicated a new, Twitter-friendly policy to inform and guide future relations with the less than stable government in Pyongyang: "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, and we'll mushroom cloud you back to the Stone Age." Further requests for clarification were offered by White House head of communications Sean Spicer. "The president means what he says; he says a lot of things, and some of those things are said in such a way so as to have the air of credibility, or even truth. What he means is--BOOM!"
