Does Kim Jong Un want Trump or Biden?

Published September 4, 2020 10:11am ET



Does North Korean leader Kim Jong Un want President Trump reelected, or Joe Biden to replace him?

We’re likely to find out on Oct. 10. That day will mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Communist Party. It’s a day on which North Korea seeks to rally its people in common adoration for the Kim dynasty’s not-so-beneficent rule. But this year’s festivities should be especially interesting. As Harry Kazianis noted on Wednesday, U.S. officials believe it is increasingly likely that North Korea will use this year’s ceremony to parade a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile. That missile has been in covert development over the past two years, and I believe Kazianis’s reporting to be accurate.

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