It’s Dictatorpalooza in North Korea starring the last openly Stalinist world leader, Kim Jong-un, and the de facto Stalinist president of Russia, Vladimir Putin. The diminutive dynastic dictator put on quite a show for his Russian counterpart complete with balloon wielding children. It’s a rare show of jollity in the usually grim North Korean capitol.

The two dictators proved they’re not humorless by signing a pact pledging mutual support against aggression. All that does is confirm that Kim is Russia’s biggest cheerleader in its aggression against Ukraine. He’s done everything but wave pom poms in support of Putin.

There’s one person in the world who wishes he was in Pyongyang with his pals, the Kaiser of Chaos. Trump is a mere dictator wannabe, but he desperately wants to join the despot club. He’s feeling left out right now. I hope his sycophants will cheer him up as he ponders Putin and Kim’s exchange of verbal love letters. That was a lie: I hope he feels angry, bitter, and jealous.

Dictators know how to put on a show. But they don’t know how to provide peace and prosperity for their people. Why any Western leader would want to emulate these two losers is beyond me; a capitalist like Trump should prefer the economic miracle wrought in South Korea. It’s all about power for Donald and that’s what dictators have. In fact, that’s all these two tyrants have.

The Russian despot had to travel to Pyongyang for his summit with Kim. The Korean commie only visits China. It could be a rare sign of sanity by the dynastic dictator: who among us prefers Russian food to either Korean or Chinese cuisine? Let them eat kimchi. Mmm, kimchi.

Donald’s dictator love is no passing fancy. He adores yes men and people who will, in LBJ’s memorable phrase, tell him his ass smells like roses. Yet another reason to vote against the crook.

The last word goes to Wilson Pickett followed by Robert Cray: