Panetta: Does Trump think 'North Korean leader is attacking his manhood?'
Source: Politico
SEASIDE, Calif. Leon Panetta, the former secretary of defense, CIA director and ex-Clinton White House chief of staff, says President Donald Trumps incendiary vow to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday to deliver fire and fury like the world has never seen is disturbing evidence of a White House that is increasingly raising the stakes of a cataclysmic nuclear war.
Youve got two bullies chiding each other with outrageous comments and it doesnt help the situation in terms of trying to resolve something that has to be resolved peacefully ... because the consequences of nuclear war would be devastating," Panetta told POLITICO Tuesday at the Panetta Institute for Public Policy at California State University, Monterey Bay.
"The question is: Does (Trump) get so frustrated with the North Korean leader whos yelling every other day that he feels that somehow the North Korean leader is attacking his manhood?
And (Trump) this is a guy who, if he feels that, does he decide, 'OK, enough is enough?' So were living on that brink right now,'' Panetta said. "Were not sure what direction this is going to take ... its a very dangerous world thats out there and its going to require a lot of decisions on some tough issues.
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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/09/panetta-trump-north-korea-241424
Long article, with lots more there on Panetta's concerns about Trump and about how this WH approaches policy.
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FakeNoose
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BigmanPigman
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Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)have to have "manhood" first, in order for it to be attacked.