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President Donald Trump on Thursday ramped up his rhetoric on North Korea again, saying his warning of bringing "fire and fury" on the isolated nation may not have gone far enough.
"If anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough," he told reporters at his New Jersey golf club.
When asked what could be tougher than "fire and fury," the president responded: "we'll see." He also did not comment on whether the U.S. is considering a pre-emptive strike on North Korea.
"The people of this country should be very comfortable, and I will tell you this: If North Korea does anything in terms of even thinking about attack, of anybody that we love or we represent or our allies or us, they can be very, very nervous," Trump said. "I'll tell you why, and they should be very nervous. Because things will happen to them like they never thought possible."
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/10/trump-maybe-fire-and-fury-statement-on-north-korea-wasnt-tough-enough.html
C_U_L8R
(45,027 posts)Go stand in downtown Seoul and say that.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)MineralMan
(146,341 posts)Now, he's painting himself into a corner and may feel as though he MUST do something drastic to NK. This is dangerous talk from a man who is not totally compos mentis. Perhaps it's time for 25th Amendment action on the part of his cabinet. Perhaps it's past time.
MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,924 posts)Is Kim trolling him or calling his bluff? Is anybody in our government willing or able to prevent Trump from continuing to wag his weenie?
I can't even watch the news any more.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He doesn't even care that he's playing games with millions of people's lives. It's all about his ego and looking tough to him. He is such a thoroughly disgusting excuse of a human being. Every time I see a picture of him or hear him on the television, I start feeling all stabby.