Kim Jong-un lookalike told to leave the country

Easily the funniest story of the day - although not funny for the individual concerned - is the decision by the Hanoi government to fly a Kim Jong-un lookalike out of the country while the real Kim Jong-un is in the Vietnamese capital to meet Donald Trump. Howard X, a resident of Hong Kong, so resembles the North Korean leader and sounds like him that the Vietnamese authorities decided it was just too risky to have him around and spoiling the impact of the summit. He had already appeared on television alongside a Trump lookalike pretending to be at a summit. It must have been hilarious. Perhaps some viewers thought it was the real thing. Anyway it was all too much for the Hanoi government whose reputation as a summit host was at stake. So Howard x suddenly found he had a visa that had run out and he was "escorted" to the aiport under orders to stay away. The Trump lookalike was allowed to stay but told to remain out of the public limelight. No TV interviews. This could never happen in the US or the UK. Any incoming foreign leader has to take the rough with the smooth, the serious with the hilarious. Poor old Trump had a big fat balloon shaped like him as a baby in a nappy hanging over Parliament Square when he was last in London. I said at the time I thought this was very disrespectful but if you're in a democracy I guess you have to put up with that sort of nonsense. Anyway Howard X has had his 15 minutes of fame and I expect he will soon be back on the TV somewhere impersonating Kim Jong-un, although not in Vietnam. Meanwhile Trump (the real one I think) and Kim will be getting down to business. If they don't achieve very much, perhaps the two impersonators can be brought back to sort out the world!