This is what I was sort of getting at yesterday with this post:
If Kim (being, if not smarter and/or more emotionally stable than Trump, is at least more experienced as a world leader) backs off or shifts his position, Trump will see that as weakness, and instead of taking the out, he will chase him and corner him. Why? Because he loves a fight and loves to imagine that he has his enemies on the run. And because he has the judgment of a two-year old. Apologies to the two-year olds in the world, who are, at least, *learning *every day, which Trump is not.
“C’mon! Hit me!”
“No, you hit me!”
“You hit me first!”
“No, you hit me first!”
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Nobody is going to hit anybody first because these two ass clowns (KJU & DJT) are intellectually deficient equals. Tinpot despots with huge egos and tiny dicks.
Remember when the rest of the world feared Reagan? His first day of office, the Iran hostages were released. They were afraid the senile old fuck wouldn’t hesitate to drop da bomb. Iran-Contra aside, that was the general impression. All he did was smile and dodder.
Donald could manage to convey the same worldwide paranoia if he weren’t such a laughable egocentric blowhard. At this point, we can only hope he’s dangerous in the right way.
Agreed. He’s not complicated. He’s dangerous in the same way he’s always been dangerous and that’s because he’s intellectually deficient and doesn’t think through the consequences of his rhetoric/actions. It’s just that in this case it may just work out in everyone’s best interests. IOW, even an idiot gets lucky and guesses right every now and then.
What if the leader’s of NK didn’t know? America has become such a pacifist nation, maybe they didn’t know that an attack would lead to drastic retaliation? Has this been discussed before? So, Trump’s sharp words of warning might actually have been necessary, to dispel any notion of surrender and capitulation?
Look at it the right way, you can easily see that Trump’s stern warning might actually *prevent *a war! Won’t hear about that on CNN! Fake nukes!
I don’t recall Reagan saying he wanted to use The Bomb over and over again…but I do recall a lot of pundits and Republican apologists saying that Trump was an ineffective dolt that never has a chance of winning and getting in control of that much power, so excuse me if I don’t take “Trump’s just a blowhard and will never follow through” on faith.
China is tired of their shit too. A rogue vassal (who won’t listen) right at their doorstep, China is probably secretly just hoping NK acts first so they have an excuse to not save their lunatic asses. As ruthless and opressive as the Chinese gov’t can be, China is still paradise compared to “Best Korea”.
Dump deliberately revoked and denied health coverage for the very sick baby of a very close relative, as a form of revenge over money matters. So yes he has, just in a more indirect way.
NEVER underestimate his vindictiveness and cruelty. He rally is a fucking monster.
Trump thinks: Hey, threats and unpredictability are what we should use against North Korea. We threaten them, they don’t know what we’re going to do, they back down, winning!
But you know, when you release your impromptu threats on twitter, it turns out that it’s not just North Korea that reads those words. It’s the American people. It’s our allies. It’s China. It’s Russia.
So even if it would make sense to strongly threaten North Korea, how does the rest of the world that is not North Korea interpret your words?
And Trump clearly believes that unpredictability is a great tactic, it worked for him in business, right? So be unpredictable to your enemies, makes sense. But the problem is that in business you’re working for yourself. You aren’t answerable to the public. So this sort of thing, “Hey, let them think maybe we’ll nuke them, or start a war…the more uncertain the North Koreans are about our intentions the better” neglects that it’s not just North Korea that is uncertain. It’s the American people. It’s our military. It’s our allied governments. It’s China.
And this is why everybody who deals with Trump is an idiot, because according to his principles you can’t believe anything he says. Oh, he promised to do something for you? I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further. Which means you can’t ever make a deal with Trump, because Trump doesn’t believe in deals, he believes in screwing the other guy. This is what happens when you get a reputation as a con man.
Can’t seem to find a link but word from AP Radio News is that our allies are becoming increasingly concerned about the threats coming from from those Cheeto fingers.
What is Trump’s number one priority? His brand. He wants to attract investors to his brand, and sees the presidency as a way of expanding his brand. Appearing as confident, tough-talking and quick to act makes him look good, while doing the least amount of actual work, planning and soul-searching. He also keeps scapegoats in reserve in case something potentially tarnishes his brand, but upon whom can he foist the nuke decision? Nobody in his circle of advisers is going to volunteer for that.
Ordering da bomb to drop on NK would be way out of his comfort zone. Such violence and brutality would be bad for his image, and investors might back out. He doesn’t want to deal with NKor. He tried to cajole China into taking care of it, and that went absolutely nowhere. Fallout from Asian investors is too much for him to think about. His rhetoric about trade imbalances was just a quick negotiating tactic which might have worked in the business world, but not in foreign policy. He can’t threaten China with bad press or dropped contracts like he does his contractors. All he can do is wag his cocktail wienie finger at Kim and say “boy, are you gonna be in trouble!”
His buddy Putin wouldn’t like it either, and he controls mucho dinero.
I don’t know. I don’t think anyone knows for sure. What I do know is what we’ve done so far hasn’t worked, and it seems to me everything’s been tried. And failed.
It might mean what you added, it’s not entirely clear (or maybe it is, in which case who cares. We won’t strike them first).
But what is clear (and I assume good news to many) is that if NK starts anything against the US, Beijing doesn’t have their back.