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Miles Archer

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Mon Jun 11, 2018, 12:32 AM Jun 2018

"Gluttonous, prone to fits of anger and swaggering around his classmates..."

Over the past decade, allied intelligence agencies have pieced together a profile of the young Kim Jong-un from extensive interviews with teachers, students, food preparers, and other staff at the elite Swiss school that Kim attended during his adolescence, according to a source who has carefully studied the classified binder on Kim.

The big picture: "The picture that emerged from literally dozens of interviews bears a striking similarity with the man he has emerged into today," the source said. "Gluttonous, prone to fits of anger and swaggering around his classmates. Kim Jong-un was an in-attendant student but demanded slavish loyalty from other children in his wake."

Why this matters: In his intelligence briefings, to prepare for his historic summit in Singapore, President Trump has shown intense interest in the personality and quirks of the reclusive Kim, according to sources familiar with his preparation.

Trump "definitely thinks it’s a duel of personalities," a source who has discussed North Korea with Trump previously told me.

https://www.axios.com/kim-jong-un-personality-psychology-north-korea-summit-trump-95e2a5b5-c681-43a5-ba6a-27eae4bab2d5.html
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"Gluttonous, prone to fits of anger and swaggering around his classmates..." (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2018 OP
Hmmm, sounds like birds of a feather... Marie Marie Jun 2018 #1
"He was prone to violence." mountain grammy Jun 2018 #2
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