Kim Jong Un, center, with his wife, Ri Sol-ju, right, riding horses on a visit to Mount Paektu, North Korea, in an undated file photo provided by the North Korean government on December 4, 2019.(Korean Central News Agency / Korea News Service via AP)
So Kim Jong Un is looking rather svelte. He’s lost at least four notches on his belt. Has illness or a diet made him trim? Have shortages of food reached even Kim? Not yet. But if that threat becomes more credible, He’ll find in time that missiles are inedible.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”