Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire." - Meaning and context.">
Official statement from September 22, 2017, as quoted in Washington Post

President Donald Trump's remarks which described the U.S. option through straightforward expression of his will have convinced me, rather than frightening or stopping me, that the path I chose is correct and that it is the one I have to follow to the last. [...] Action is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say. [...] I am now thinking hard about what response he could have expected when he allowed such eccentric words to trip off his tongue. Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.

— Kim Jong-un

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "President Donald Trump's remarks which described the U.S. option through straightforward expression of his will have convinced me, rather than frightening or stopping me, that the path I chose is correct and that it is the one I have to follow to the last. [...] Action is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say. [...] I am now thinking hard about what response he could have expected when he allowed such eccentric words to trip off his tongue. Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire." in the context of "Official statement from September 22, 2017, as quoted in Washington Post" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Kim Jong-un" (Quotes) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Kim Jong-un

About Kim Jong-un

Kim Jong-un (born 8 January 1983) is the supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2021.