You are right he wants to remain in power AND reap the benefits.
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It always seemed to me that Trump had to solve the problem of how to elevate the NK standard of living without pouring tons of taxpayer funds into that country.
Capitalism is the obvious solution. A little entrepreneur-ship would get it started. Decades to finish. But it would get there.
But the bigger problem is that solution is inconsistent with Kim’s obvious desire to remain absolute dictator and keep on piling up those $Billions.
Tough problem. I don’t know the answer. But it would be a lot easier if Karl Marx had died young.
Iirc little ,Kim went to school in Switzerland. Maybe a nice villa there would encourage him to leave ,NK forever.