I think from memory when he was referring to Kim and Vkad he was...

I think from memory when he was referring to Kim and Vkad he was saying how smart they were compared to the woke leaders in the West and running rings around them in their national strategies. Like Putin selling gas into Europe and making them reliant on it. And playing NATO leaders for fools. Remember that they laughed at Trump when he told them this.
And then Kim would pull the missile thing every time he needed aid from the West.