THE INSIDER: Testing times while having a blast
Will Donald Trump ask Kim Jong-Un if he could please send a nuclear missile over the US?
The Pentagon wants to conduct a risky exercise in May to test its ability to shoot down North Korean missiles, CNN reports. But how is this going to work? Will Donald Trump ask Kim Jong-Un if he could please send a nuclear missile over the US? "How ya doing, young Kim, Oh Great Leader. We’re testing our missile defences and wondered if you could fire one. You know, one of the big jobs you paraded on the streets of Pyongyang the other day." "Well, Donald, we don’t have that many, but could spare one for you. But don’t tell the CIA, and no tweets or other pushy stuff, please. Three, two, one … it’s fired!" "Thanks Kim, my buddy. I’ll let you know once we’ve shot it down. In fact, our latest technology will even allow us to stop the missile mid-flight and return it to you unexploded with the nuclear warhead ready for use again." "Sounds like a great deal, Donald, but please make that at your expense. That’ll keep your old Seoul mates as terrified as I like to see them. Say, D, now that...
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