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as to Rocket Man, the audience was the leadership in Russia and China. Not the boy king or diplomats in the room at the UN. Just a means of delivery to them.
it was to ask the leaders of Russia and China "are you sure you want to link your reputation and international standing to this 'Rocket Man'? We can still work together on many deals but do you want to lose that for this guy?"
I agree with this. Russia and China were the ones intended to hear this message. We put the world on notice that we will act to destroy the NK nuclear capabilities which are a direct threat to millions of our people. Trump is makin what looks to be a last ditch effort to get Russia and China to use all the leverage they have left to stop Kim and prevent a war. President trump is doing his job and trying to keep us safe and he is attempting to prevent war by getting more Russian and Chinese help on this. If they do not act to reign in Kim then war likely looms in the very near future. Trump may often be a bafoon but in this case he is doing the right thing.
The same speech could have been delivered by Hillary. The guy is a menace
Not true. Maddow interviewed Hillary last week and they spent quite a lot of time discussing NK. Hillary described in detail how she thought it should be handled and destroying or nuking NK was not on the list. She knows so much more than Trump about foreign policy--we keep forgetting that due to her constant demonization by the Trump crowd.
Trump is reckless and projects his own insecurity and need to feel powerful on the entire country. It is dangerous and, frankly, scary that he is so ready to attack countries the way he attacks people. By the time the cult realizes how dangerous this guy is, it will be too late. He loves 'his generals,' he loves military themed everything, he wants Kim Jung Un type parades, he wants a bigger defense budget, he wants wars to distract from those campaign promises he made.
Anyone who thinks we can afford all the military equipment and apparatus he needs for his ego, all the money we need for FEMA (hey storm season is only half over), plus build his dumb wall, fix our infrastructure is dreaming.
i'm worried that he thinks he is being funny (? i guess? why else is he now doing this?) by calling kim jung un "rocket man", at least twice now that i know of. this is not funny to be teasing and taunting someone like him. it's not funny at all. if he was calling him that among his friends and family, fine, ok whatever. but he is tweeting it for the world to see and using the name in a UN speech? omg...
as to Rocket Man, the audience was the leadership in Russia and China. Not the boy king or diplomats in the room at the UN. Just a means of delivery to them.
it was to ask the leaders of Russia and China "are you sure you want to link your reputation and international standing to this 'Rocket Man'? We can still work together on many deals but do you want to lose that for this guy?"
Incredibly puerile and not worthy of the office. Just like the man currently occupying same.
i'm worried that he thinks he is being funny (? i guess? why else is he now doing this?) by calling kim jung un "rocket man", at least twice now that i know of. this is not funny to be teasing and taunting someone like him. it's not funny at all. if he was calling him that among his friends and family, fine, ok whatever. but he is tweeting it for the world to see and using the name in a UN speech? omg...
Yeah. Kelly's response to trump going off script sums it up nicely.
I understand diplomacy with the likes of North Korea have not and probably will not work. But when you throw out serious threats with the world to hear that you will annihilate an entire country, that to me shows a level of insanity in Trump. Bully tactics like that is not something to be played on the world stage with a serious threat. Obviously if North Korea struck first then like Bush with 9/11 we would expect an immediate, harsh, and pointed response. Provocative missile shots over Japan is still a dangerous game and not necessarily war. Trump and his words put the world more at risk then if he just acted silent and deadly. And childish names like Rocket Man is just, well, childish.
i agree with all of this. you said it better than me.
I think calling him rocket man and belittling him is not such a bad idea. It sends a message to those that deal with KIm that he should not be seen as a serious legitimate leader but as a dangerous joke of a dictator. I like it, rocket man he is.
Not to mention that the standard of "best yet as president" is pretty low.
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