What's the difference between Mr. Trump driving a truck and Mr. Kim driving a tractor?

(Baonghean.vn) - Despite the continuous war of words between the US and North Korea since the beginning of the year, President Donald Trump and Mr. Kim Jong-un still have something special in common.

1. Mr. Trump climbed into a truck amid tense meeting

The image of President Trump climbing into a truck and pretending to drive quickly went viral on Twitter. Photo: AFP.

In late March 2017, while House Republicans were struggling to gain support for the American Health Care Act (AHCA), President Trump was also busy at the White House with his own activities.

He met with CEOs and drivers from the largest trucking companies in the country. After the two 18-wheelers arrived at the White House, the president shook hands with the CEOs and drivers. He congratulated those with spotless accident records.

Mr. Trump then climbed into the truck, honked the horn a few times. He closed the door and waved to reporters.

A photo of the president pretending to drive a truck quickly went viral. One Twitter user humorously commented that the president's honking action seemed to be urging the House of Representatives to pass a new health care bill he supported to repeal and replace Obamacare.

2. Mr. Kim Jong-un smiled, test-drove a tractor, and called for North Korea to be self-reliant.

Leader Kim Jong-un shows off his tractor driving skills.

On November 15, leader Kim Jong-un inspected the Kumsong tractor factory and called on North Korean people to increase self-reliance in the context of Pyongyang continuously facing sanctions from the international community.

"The locomotives in North Korea are made mostly from domestic parts. They are not just means of transportation, but also steel horses of self-reliance, opening up the direction of economic development," Kim Jong-un expressed pride in North Korea's ability to develop its own mechanical machinery in the face of international sanctions in a speech at the Kumsong factory.

The North Korean leader's personal visits to businesses are part of an effort to demonstrate to the international community that the North Korean economy is not affected by sanctions.

3. Commonalities between the two leaders

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is one of the youngest leaders in the world while Donald Trump is the “oldest” US President in history. Despite their recent war of words over North Korea’s nuclear missile program, the two leaders have something in common.

Both came to power with little political experience but tried to compensate for that weakness by boldly asserting themselves to skeptics both at home and abroad.

At 27, Kim Jong-un became one of the world's youngest leaders after his father's death. Unlike his father Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un had little time to experiment before becoming the leader of North Korea.

Not only did he rescue the economy, which was struggling due to sanctions, Kim Jong-un did something that his father and grandfather had not been able to do before: successfully creating an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of carrying nuclear warheads, threatening the US territory.

President Trump praised Kim Jong-un for taking power at a young age and remaining strong. Photo: Asianews.

As for US President Donald Trump - the "oldest" leader in US history - he came to power without any political or military experience.

The White House boss once tweeted: "I have tried very hard to be his friend - Kim Jong-un" without seeming to mind using phrases like "rocket man" and "totally destroy North Korea" that could offend the North Korean leader.

On the contrary, North Korea has shown no interest in improving relations with the US and has always resolutely responded to threats from the Trump administration.

However, the two leaders of North Korea and the United States have more in common than they may realize.

Images of Kim Jong-un happily testing a tractor at a factory in Pyongyang and Trump testing an 18-wheeler at the White House in March show that the two leaders of North Korea and the US seem to have something in common: they both like to drive large vehicles.

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