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The Supreme Leader's doppelganger reads The Post on the subway en route to Times Square
What will Kim Jong Un do on his upcoming visit to NYC? Maybe do like Kim-poster Howard X andl read The Post on his way to Times Square.Brian Zak/NY Post
Kim visits Trump Tower.
Kim might visit Trump Tower.Brian Zak/NY Post
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Howard X posing in front of Madison Square Garden to honor the North Korean dictator's favorite sport: basketball
The North Korean dictator could pose in front of Madison Square Garden.Brian Zak/NY Post
The Kim impersonator learns bout the struggles of dealing with the MTA while waiting for a train
Kim may learn about the struggles of dealing with the MTA.Brian Zak/NY Post
Getting acquainted with some of New York's finest, the Kim lookalike fist bumps with an NYPD officer
Kim Jong Un could get acquainted with some of New York's Finest.Brian Zak/NY Post
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Kim's impersonator showing off his new merchandise - an I Love NY shirt - in Times Square
Kim may buy merchandise in Times Square.Brian Zak/NY Post
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Start spreading the news, Un’s leaving today — Kim wants to be a part of it, New York, New York!

With talk of a second US-North Korea summit happening in the Big Apple, The Post took the Supreme Leader on a preview of the city that never sleeps.

The young despot lived it up like a real local — enduring long waits for the F train, pedaling a clunky Citi Bike through Midtown and downing dirty-water dogs while yelling, “I hate America!” at passers-by.

And New Yorkers loved it.

“The Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un!” squealed one onlooker as the socialist state chief was mobbed by selfie-seekers in the icon of capitalism — Times Square.

Outside Madison Square Garden, cabbies honked their horns at the noted basketball fan and shouted, “Yo! Kim!”

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Howard X, the Kim Jong Un impersonator, tries a NYC hot dog
Kim might enjoy munching a dirty water dog when he visits the Big Apple.Brian Zak/NY Post
The Kim lookalike takes a spin on a Citi Bike
Kim could take a spin on a Citi Bike.Brian Zak/NY Post
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The frustrated impersonator of the Supreme Leader gets stuck in traffic while driving a taxi
The frustrated dictator might get stuck in traffic.Brian Zak/NY Post
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“I’ll drive him to Trump Tower. I had Jerry Seinfeld in my cab once — I’d say Kim Jong Un is cooler,” said cabby Rashid Aziz, 50, of Brooklyn.

Once the totalitarian leader made it to Donald Trump’s Fifth Avenue skyscraper — the proposed site of the September summit — he mocked the president’s claim that he has “a much bigger and more powerful” nuclear button by pulling out his own.

That didn’t sit well with some onlookers.

“It’s Li’l Kim, you’re going to hell,” one passer-by yelled at him.

Other New Yorkers were willing to cut the world’s most brutal dictator a break.

“It’s time for people to open up a little and give the North Koreans a chance,” said retired postal worker Bobby Hernandez.

Even the city’s surly straphangers stopped ignoring the world leader on the subway and saw an upside.

“I don’t know who Kim Jong Un is,” said Queens entertainer WaiMark Anthony-Coleman, 29, as he sat next to him on the F train. “Maybe he can fix the subway?”

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