INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Donald Trump had previously referred to the North Korean leader as a "madman with nuclear weapons".Singapore:
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will shake hands for a photo-op unimaginable only a few months
ago.The nuclear-armed pair have hurled personal insults at each other that would not be out of place in the playground
Here are a few of the more memorable slurs.Kim had people around the world reaching for the dictionary when he called Trump a "mentally
deranged US dotard", saying he would "tame" him with "fire".The insult, equivalent to calling Trump an "old lunatic", was a response to
Washington's threat to "totally destroy" North Korea and came at the height of the war of words between the two foes.According to online
dictionary Merriam Webster, searches for "dotard" were "high as a kite" after the comments hit the headlines.It appeared that the
71-year-old Trump took offence not at the allegation of insanity but rather the dig at his age.In response to the "dotard" insult, he took
aim at the North Korean leader's physical dimensions."Why would Kim Jong Un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him
'short and fat'" he tweeted.In an editorial, the North's ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun said that Trump had "malignantly hurt the
dignity of the supreme leadership", and was "a hideous criminal sentenced to death by the Korean people".In his debut speech at the United
Nations last September, Trump derided Kim as a "rocket man" on a "suicide mission for himself and for his regime".Doubling down on his
insulting language, he referred to Kim as a "sick puppy" on the heels of an intercontinental ballistic missile test by Pyongyang in
November.Trump had previously referred to the North Korean leader as a "madman with nuclear weapons".In his "dotard" statement in response
to Trump's UN speech, Kim also said: "A frightened dog barks louder."It was not the only time North Korea has adopted canine references to
describe Trump's statements.After the US president noted his nuclear button was "much bigger and more powerful" than Kim's - "and it works"
- Pyongyang branded the outburst the "bark of a rabid dog".Not a personal insult, but one of the most intimidating of Trump's threats came
in August after US media reported Pyongyang had successfully miniaturised a nuclear warhead to fit into a missile."North Korea best not make
any more threats to the United States," said Trump, his arms folded in defensive and bellicose body language."They will be met with fire and
fury like the world has never seen."In response Pyongyang said it was considering firing missiles towards the Pacific US territory of
Guam.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
