At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military’s most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in the coming weeks.

Donald Trump, who has repeatedly expressed admiration for authoritarian leaders and nostalgia for the pageantry of their military displays, was notably absent. His history of praising Kim Jong Un, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin for their “strength” and “toughness” contrasted with the spectacle in Pyongyang, where those same regimes showcased the kind of power Trump often envies but has never legitimately commanded.

The absence underscores both his isolation on the world stage and his continuing fascination with the company of autocrats. Wh

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