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"There is absolutely no force on the planet that can prevent the powerful march in our army and folks, who are having high the banner of the suns of great Comrade Kim Il-sung and great Comrade Kim Jong-il and continuing to advance under the command of the party and with strong trust in sure triumph." - Kim Jong-unNorth Korea would be horrific enough if it was a fictional place, but its nuclear weapons program is all too real. On Sept 17, 2017, Chief executive Donald Trump, whose use of Twitter may be what he's most widely known for, tweeted another nickname of the sort he has infamously coined for his opponents: "I spoke with Chief executive Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines building in North Korea. Too bad!"The Rocket Man involved, of course, was the one and only the notoriously brutal and wildly erratic North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-Un. In under a day, the viral tweet had not only racked up thousands of retweets and triple the wants, it had spawned many Elton John-themed memes and motivated headlines from just about every news source around the world. Taking advantage of the viral dynamics of the controversial tweet, Trump repeated the nickname simply a couple of days later in his conversation prior to the UN General Set up. He warned the congregation of fidgety ambassadors about the grave hazards posed by North Korea's depraved program: "The United States had great durability and patience, but if required to guard itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally kill North Korea.... Rocket Man is over a suicide objective for himself and for his program."Under a week later arrived Kim Jong-Un's scathing response. "Action is your best option in dealing with the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he would like to say.... I'll surely and definitely tame the psychologically deranged U.S. dotard with flames." The use of the archaic insult had even those well-versed in the British terms whipping out their telephones together to look up the word ("a vintage person, especially person who has become fragile or senile," courtesy of the Oxford British dictionary). In addition to the avalanche of memes and comedic jabs from the most common array of late-night hosts that ensued, an instant search of the word "dotard" now introduces unflattering pictures of the leader.North Korea's bizarre feuds with the rest of the world have been turned into comedy gold time and time again, perhaps because their never-ending threats seem thus far removed from certainty. But just how serious is the threat of nuclear war against North Korea? North Korea's Nuclear Program: The History of the Hermit Kingdom's Development of Nuclear Weapons looks at how North Korea is rolling out and tested harmful nuclear weapons over the past several decades.
