Former North Korean spy chief to get the full treatment

General Kim Jong-chol has never set foot in the United States. So the former North Korean spymaster who has more skeletons in his cupboard than even Donald Trump will be given the full treatment when he arrives from Pyongyang for talks about the on-off-on summit between Trump and his boss, Chaiman (Marshal) Kim Jong-un. It will be quite an eye-opener for Chairman Kim's right-hand man who seems to be present whenever the North Korean leader is doing something in public, like watching another rocket take off over the Sea of Japan. He is deeply into everything that is bad about North Korea - nukes, ballistic missiles, terrorism, smuggling, nuke technology-selling etc etc. So, quite a visitor for Trump. We don't yet know if Trump himself will see General Kim who is flying to New York. A meeting at Trump Towers perhaps? But if Trump does meet him, he will probably grasp the veteran spy with both arms and give him a hug, like he did with Gina Haspel the other day when she was sworn in as the new CIA director. That was a full-throated arms-around hug like you might give to your mother. I suspect Kim Jong-chol would appreciate such a hug as much as Ms Haspel must have done! Trump has said he has got together his finest team to see General Kim. Unfortunately, he can't exclude John Bolton. He is after all his national security adviser even though his left foot is still in his mouth after likening North Korea to Libya. General Kim, being a veteran spy chief, will no doubt give Bolton one of those killer smiles but will focus his main attention on Trump, if he is there, and Mike Pompeo. He and Pompeo have already met and as they both have intelligence backgrounds, there will be a shared comradeship of sorts. The big question is: has General Kim come to Washington with a genuine offer on nukes or is it all part of a cunning plan to make sure the summit in Singapore takes place on June 12th but without the agenda being set in concrete. Trump has aready dropped his initial insistence that all North Korea's nukes must be on the table, suggesting it could be a phased denuclearisation. One think-tank expert in Washington has predicted it could take 20 years. Trump, hoping for a mighty legacy coup, won't want to wait that long. Especially since he may only have another 32 months left of his presidency!!