In Vietnam, Trump and Kim Jong Un find symbolism, history — and a shared goal of keeping the press at arm's length
HANOI, Vietnam - The armored train, painted military green with yellow trim, lumbered across the Chinese border and pulled to a stop at Vietnam's Dong Dang railway station. Under gray, chilly skies, a beaming Kim Jong Un stepped out of his customized carriage Tuesday morning and onto a red carpet lined with bouquets of red flowers.
The reclusive North Korean leader's journey to his second summit with President Donald Trump, which begins Wednesday in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, had taken 2 1/2 days to cover more than 2,000 miles. It was steeped in symbolism for the young dictator, mirroring the travels of his grandfather and North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung, who rode the rails to Vietnam for state visits more than half a century ago.
Trump landed in Hanoi on Air Force One also trying to evoke history: Four decades after fighting a long, bloody war, the U.S. has forged a friendship with Vietnam, an authoritarian state with a booming, capitalist-oriented
