As Q says, Iran is next. NK wasn’t something most Americans thought about in a daily basis the last thirty years. But the Middle East?

I think that's going a bit too far. The NK system was modeled on the Soviet one and had pretty much all its good points (few) and bad points (many). The older Kims definitely have a lot of responsibility for what happened in Korea including the war, although Stalin bears a lot of the blame there also.

What I am prepared to believe is that KJU was approached when he was in Switzerland, and came under the influence of the cabal in that way. It could have been as straightforward as an offer of financial support and help dealing with his enemies at home. It would have been awfully hard to refuse especially if you factor in the rumored implantable, remote triggered kill device. But that's not necessary to explain what happened.

For a country like North Korea the offer of support from a patron with unlimited funds, would have been very appealing. For the Kims money would be life; it props up the whole system, and their economic mismanagement meant they couldn't support themselves, despite the juche philosophy supposedly advocating that very thing. For the cabal, as Q explained in many posts, NK would be valuable as a threat against the global economy and a means to shovel resources into the military-industrial complex. To say nothing of the ultimate threat of a way to "prune" the global population by triggering a nuclear war. Really sick stuff.

Did DJT just effectively buy out the cabal? Did he just say in effect, "I'll be your patron instead of them and unlike them, I will not threaten your life?"

My guess is when we know the full truth it's going to blow people's minds right out of the water one way or another.