# What would happen if Kim Jong Un Kidnapped Trump? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 10, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354 "2018-03-10T19:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/61 "2018-03-11T13:53:28Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Why not? We’re allowing other countries to help get them elected in the first place, and nobody seems to care. We already know Kim is leagues smarter than trump. I’m taking Kim wins in 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/62 "2018-03-11T14:36:51Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You think Kim won’t use nukes if we don’t? he won’t, if he wishes to continue existing. I think (hopefully) the entire world knows by now that once you lob a nuke at another country, all gloves are off and you’ve likely sealed your own fate. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/63 "2018-03-11T16:53:47Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I would imagine there would actually BE Muslims celebrating in the streets _snicker_ It could be an interfaith event. _I’d_ volunteer to be the Token Jew, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/64 "2018-03-11T17:49:08Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > …It’s not a secure location for our beloved Pres. If we’re worried ability Trump’s feelings of security they should hold it in his bed at the White House, with plenty of Big Macs and Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/65 "2018-03-11T19:28:43Z")
The so called Joint Security Area isn’t, or at least wasn’t, always so secure. I was in the Army in 1976, stationed in South Korea, when this little incident went down. > **[Korean axe murder incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_axe_murder_incident)** > > Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}37°57′21.59″N 126°40′21.33″E / 37.9559972°N 126.6725917°E / 37.9559972; 126.6725917 > The Korean axe murder incident (Korean: 판문점 도끼살인사건; Hanja: 板門店도끼殺人事件,도끼蠻行事件, lit. 'Panmunjom axe murder incident') was the killing of two US A... Believe me, we were on alert. I was off post, traveling to Suwon, when it happened, and by the time I got back to post was chewed out for not being available for the particular MOS I held. How was I supposed to know those guys had been killed? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/66 "2018-03-11T19:36:09Z")
Stockholm syndrome. Do I hear wedding bells in their future? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/67 "2018-03-11T19:57:21Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Stockholm syndrome. > Do I hear wedding bells in their future? “I only get kidnapped by the very best dictators.” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/68 "2018-03-11T20:38:39Z")
I am more worried about what happens after a week or so ‘at the table’, when Trump realizes that Kim has played him for a chump. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/69 "2018-03-12T04:21:58Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I am more worried about what happens after a week or so ‘at the table’, when Trump realizes that Kim has played him for a chump. I think you mean a **C’hump** ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/70 "2018-03-12T07:44:15Z")
Kidnapping is such an ugly word. What would happen if Kim offers Trump a wonderful vacation, only the best golf courses, the most gold-plated everything, plus his very own Parade and statue - how would anybody be able to Claim Trump was kidnapped? Also, once Kim has Trump on North Korean grounds, bombing NK is a bit out of the question, isn’t it? So inviting him to stay for the next 3 years, occupy him with building the first Trump Hotel in NK, and open a McDonalds for his Cheeseburgers, and I think Trump wouldn’t want to be rescued. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/71 "2018-03-12T12:03:21Z")
Kim would need to give him a lot of parades, too. Not a problem, of course. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/72 "2018-03-12T12:10:19Z")
There would be dancing in the streets of many American cities, then a lot of “that’s terrible, in theory.” ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/73 "2018-03-12T12:11:18Z")
Rename their white elepant Trump Ryugyong Hotel, let him cut the ribbon to open it, and give him a room in it with pissing prostitutes. That will keep him busy for years. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/74 "2018-03-12T12:46:46Z")
Kim’s popularity in the United States would rise several percentage points. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/75 "2018-03-12T13:30:57Z")
Dennis Rodman will be the host, and he’ll bring a 10-ft wide flat screen. Kim: Here is video of military parade in my honor. Trump: Ooh! I want one of those! Those pussies at the Pentagon only want military dress and no hardware. What kind of world leader doesn’t have tanks rolling for him in public? Rodman: That’s dope! Kim: Here is video of 100,000 cheerful workers performing like pixels in animation in giant stadium displaying glorious history of true Korea. Trump: You know something? We have stadiums that hold 100,000 people and they won’t even stand up for the National Anthem! Rodman: That’s… wha? Kim: Here is picture of pretty and desirable concubines. Trump: It’s great that it’s legal in your country. Mine won’t shut up even after a $130,000 payoff. Hey, that third one looks familiar… Rodman: Yo man, we snorted cocaine off that bitch’s hootchie, remember? Kim: Here is video of treacherous uncle who fell asleep getting executed. Trump: Jared, make that a go! Let congress argue about due process. If they couldn’t repeal Obamacare, they won’t decide on public executions until I’m out of office! Rodman: Yo, let’s watch me getting in Michael Jordan’s grill in 1989. This killin’ shit ain’t happy. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/76 "2018-03-12T13:35:27Z")
The notion of Kim kidnapping Trump is ludicrous. He would have no interest in doing anything of the sort. Kim’s motivation is to be taken seriously on the world stage, to get a seat at the table, so to speak. By Trump agreeing to meet, he is getting just that. He’s not a cartoon Dr. Evil, in spite of what some media would like everyone to believe. (Yes, he’s a dictator, and dictators are bad news by definition. But he’s not a Marvel comic villain.) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/77 "2018-03-12T13:47:00Z")
Maybe Trump will smuggle in a handgun and just shoot Kim. Who’s going to frisk the President? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/78 "2018-03-12T14:13:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Maybe Trump will smuggle in a handgun and just shoot Kim. Who’s going to frisk the President? Stormy Daniels. Allegedly. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/79 "2018-03-12T14:35:41Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > There would be dancing in the streets of many American cities, then a lot of “that’s terrible, in theory.” These would be the supporters of Mike Pence? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354/80 "2018-03-12T14:41:44Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > These would be the supporters of Mike Pence? It’s an absurd question, it’s the equivalent of asking what would happen if Big Foot abducted Trump. Taking the question or the responses too seriously is a foolish mistake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-kim-jong-un-kidnapped-trump/810354.md?page=5)