‘Looks like little rockets being launched’: Kim Jong-un’s signature under fire
AS Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump signed a historic agreement, Twitter couldn’t resist scrutinising their signatures.
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WITH all eyes on their historic summit in Singapore, the world was always going to dissect US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to within and inch of their lives today.
And at some point amid the promises to denuclearise, former NBA star Dennis Rodman crying on CNN about the meeting between his mates, and suspicions not only might Mr Kim not honour any deal, but he might also be wearing shoe lifts, Twitter also became fertile ground for a tale of two signatures.
Trump sure has an impressive signature!! Must be using an extra broad nib!! Compare that to an ant crawl signature of Kim Jong Un....
— STACTech India (@SushilBaboo) June 12, 2018
Specifically, those of Mr Trump and Mr Kim on that all-important agreement.
On the left, Mr Trump’s: all big, bold, spiky and uniformly the blackest of black.
On the right, Mr Kim’s: angling up, sparse, with plenty of white space.
Kim Jong Un's signature.....like a flying rocket.
— FatFingers (@ndhedgehogging) June 12, 2018
As body language experts interpreted the pair’s every move, handshakes and eye-meet, history, Twitter users turned handwriting experts to scrutinise those scrawls.
“Looks like his own little rockets being launched,” posted one observer of Mr Kim’s rarely-seen signature, while others compared it to “falling missiles” and one ventured it looked like a cat had stepped in ink and walked over the page.
Others said the signature “looks like a missile” … a “mid-course trajectory of a Hwasong-15 missile” to be exact, according to one pedant.
Meanwhile, Kim Jong Un's signature is probably the coolest ever by a reclusive dictator. Looks like an ECG. pic.twitter.com/B2Nj87p8bf
— Dino Maragay (@dino_mars) June 12, 2018
Wow, I can understand Trump signature on the NoKo agreement but Kim Jong Un signature looks like a missile
— Willie Hirsh (@WillieHirsh) June 12, 2018
Kim Jong Un’s signature looks like they put the paper 9 feet off the ground and made him jump repeatedly to sign it. https://t.co/xL0uQ5eExS
— President of the Korg fan club (@FriendzoneLayer) June 12, 2018
Another, @FriendzoneLayer, suggested Mr Kim’s signature “looks like they put the paper 9 feet off the ground and made him jump repeatedly to sign it”.
Perhaps he was wise to wear those shoe lifts.
Mr Trump wasn’t exempt from the analysis, one user cruelly observing “Trump’s signature already looks like a clan rally while Kim’s looks like a missile launch.”
Some went into psychological territory to offer what they thought each scrawl said about its owner’s personality.
“Signatures that are hard to decipher indicate a person is very private, hard to red and understand. Trump’s signature is an example,” one Tweet offered.
Damn! Kim Jong Un's signature is a masterpiece, an artistic collection!
— ShyGuy (@da_shyguy) June 12, 2018
It appears he signs in Korean. https://t.co/Spw2vRd7TL
I think we’re doomed because Kim Jong Un’s signature was clearly cooler than Trump’s.#NorthKorea #KimTrumpSummit
— JJ Whitehead (@JJWhitesnake) June 12, 2018
“Kim Jong-un. His handwriting was slightly tilted, with the direction going upwards, which experts say indicate feisty and self-centred personality.”
Trump’s own signature has been much-dissected before — handwriting experts variously saying the oversized, bold, angular spiky chain of letters reveal “anger and fear”, a lack of empathy and the mark of someone who believes himself to be “a big hunk of a man”, who “craves power, prestige and admiration”.
One wag on Twitter said it “legit looks like a lie-detector test”, while another ventured it looked like “America’s pulse having a heart attack”.
Tweet from @realDonaldTrump withdrawing handshake with Kim Jong Un, saying he didn't realise that the North Korean leader had a better signature.#TrumpKimSummit pic.twitter.com/aRDYiQbNzU
— John C in Hants (@JohnC2063) June 12, 2018
Originally published as ‘Looks like little rockets being launched’: Kim Jong-un’s signature under fire
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