The Week contest: Hair-raising

This week's question: A Vietnamese hairstylist is marking this week's peace summit in Hanoi by dispensing free Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un haircuts. If the barber were to open a salon in the U.S. specializing in these two distinctive hairstyles, what name could he give the business?
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THE WINNER: "From Hair to Fraternity"
Joel Conarroe, New York City
SECOND PLACE: "Ego-mane-ia"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
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THIRD PLACE: "Hair Today, Bomb Tomorrow"
John Everett, Watertown, Massachusetts
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Cut It Short (Just like the Summit)"
Nathaniel Lischwe, St. Louis, Missouri
"Comb Together"
Dave LeFrois, Webster, New York
"Rocket Manes"
Guy Rusiski, Pittsburgh
"Let's Cut a Deal"
Arnie Silverman, Murrysville, Pennsylvania
"Shorn Enemies"
Jennifer Kitchin, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
"New Clear Cuts"
Russell Mielbrecht, Dayton, Ohio
"Ego-mane-ia"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
"Blow Hard-Blow Dry"
LeRoy M. Gaintner, Paradise Valley, Arizona
"Heads of State"
Andy A. Barentine, Dallas
"Warheads"
Greg Mistele, Peapack, New Jersey
"A League of Hair Own"
Donna Loranger, San Tan Valley, Arizona
"Shear Madness"
Lori Genser, Great Neck, New York
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