It has been a week filled with aggressive rhetoric between North Korea and the United States. But have you ever wondered that what is coming out of Washington and Pyongyang is really some fencing match between doppelgangers, a battle between youth and experience? Just how similar are the leaders of the two nations? The Origin of the Specious investigates.
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Donald Trump |
Kim Jong-Un |
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| Leader of the Republican Party |
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| Chairman of the Worker’s Party of Korea |
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| President of the United States |
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| Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
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| Commander-In-Chief of the USA |
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| Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army |
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| Age |
71 |
33-35 (estimated) |
| Has a belligerent personality |
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| Has a “distinctive” haircut |
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| Inherited wealth from his father |
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| Inherited status and wealth from his father |
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| Hoping to prove more successful than his father |
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| Surrounded by “Yes Men” |
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| Fires opponents |
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| Executes opponents |
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| Holds keys to a nuclear arsenal |
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| Scares the bejeebers out of people by holding the keys to a nuclear arsenal |
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The players are similar, presenting a tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury as well as fire and fury. However, given the stakes, is it still signifying nothing?
Yawn…