Xi and Kim: The Transcript
How Donald Trump and the U.S.-North Korea summit are getting framed.
April 16, 2018
President Xi
Mr. Chairman, you will have a long reign. But will it be glorious?
Chairman Kim
We have a saying, red turnips taste like green peas in winter. And you, too, now face a long reign.
President Xi
Yes, but will it be glorious?
Chairman Kim
Korea will never diminish China’s splendor.
President Xi
Nor China Korea’s. But it helps that America…
Chairman Kim
… grows senile…
President Xi
… deteriorates.
Chairman Kim
Thanks in no small part to its President Dotard.
President Xi
Which brings me back to our own glory. We can take it in hand.
Chairman Kim
We can help one another.
President Xi
We can help the American president.
Chairman Kim
You mean?
President Xi
Better to have seven more years to ensure our glory than just three.
Chairman Kim
You think I should give him…
President Xi
A small victory, a moratorium of little consequence — except to us, in the long run.
Chairman Kim
To the long run!