Because He Has More Secrets Than A Parish Priest
Okay, so Donald Trump got himself worked into a raging lather of sassy this weekend and announced in the Financial Times (sorry, subscription only so you’ll just have to trust me) that he has a plan for North Korea.
He says that during the upcoming Great China Golf Tournament and Talks About Trump Investments, he will ….
“Yes, we will talk about North Korea. And China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won’t. And if they do that will be very good for China, and if they don’t it won’t be good for anyone.”
That’s a lot of little words meaning, “North Korea will be a subject for discussion.”
Then with a little twinkle in his eye, he added …
Well, if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you.
Somehow, that doesn’t make me feel better.
This are the statements that absolutely scare me the most!
1Idiot!
2God help us all.
3Common belief to the contrary, China has about as much influence over North Korea’s Kim as Paul Ryan does over the USA’s Trump.
4His “negotiation” skills are those of a bully: always threaten as the first and only tactic. Guess he’s gotten away with it all the previous times because he was the biggest bully in the room. I doubt China will be happy to be bullied and he’s definitely goading the more insane Kim Jong Un. Though Trump may change his tune if China bribes him enough to shut up about North Korea.
5He didn’t mean to “solve” N. Korea, but meant to say “dissolve” N. Korea … I think that’s what he actually wants to do!!
6Prepare for a coalition of Russia, the EU and China to coalesce behind the dual need of stopping the Terrible Two Toddlers, Donnie and Kim.
Nice thing about international cooperation is minimal civilian casualties and less collateral damage in general. China doesn’t want little Nimrod launching nukes in their ‘hood, while Canada would be less than tolerant of little Donnie crossing the line such that retaliatory nukes rain down on our mutual continent.
Best way to prevent MAD (mutually assured destruction) is to take the madmen out of the equation.
7This Friday, April 7, the House of Reps will start their three week vacation. They will reconvene April 26. So the Senate will be the sole babysitter in DC.
8So he claims to have a secret plan to solve North Korea. That sounds familiar.
Of course, North Korea is a country, not a Rubik’s cube. The notion of “solving” it is ridiculous.
9This from Trump on ISIS back in Sept 2016. At least he’s consistent in his lack of foreign policy:
Trump for over a year claimed he had a secret plan to take out ISIS ― one he said he did not wish to share with America’s enemies in order to stay unpredictable. Earlier this month, he announced he would give the military’s top generals 30 days to submit a plan for soundly defeating ISIS once in the White House. Then, in NBC’s Commander-In-Chief Forum, he claimed that he both did and did not have a plan ― one that could ultimately change once he gets into office.
To sum up, even though Trump’s plan may or may not fully exist yet ― it is a very, very tough plan that will allow the U.S. to “knock the hell” out of ISIS.
10Sadly, South Korea is the most likely recipient of any temper tantrum KJU might throw. I guess that’s just a fair price to pay for America’s protection.
11Also, too- glf’s suggestion that the Chinese cut a side deal with tRump Inc seems most likely.
As somebody wrote on another blog I frequent, “Two men in a room, up to their knees in gasoline, and both of them have matchbooks open.”
What could possibly go wrong?
12Earlier today I read that mangled apricot hellbeast was whining cause ‘he didn’t think healthcare was so complicated’. Trump is pathetic. He and his White House and cabinet are so over their heads they can’t even see the water line. Bully boy tactics don’t work especially if you have no respect on the world stage. Trump is a laughing stock who has alienated just about any and every ally the US has (had).
13I suspect Trump would rather talk about North Korea than Russia.
And I expect much of the media will oblige him.
14Til, “laughing stock” is right. And PKM, I think Lil Kim is a little crazier than Orange Whore, though that’s not very reassuring. The thing Orange Whore hates above all else is being laughed at. I imagine Lil Kim is the same. I’m hoping neither of them gets so enraged at being the butt of jokes that they decide unleashing a bomb or 2 is the road to respect.
15@Marcia in CO#6- Especially if it’s “dissolve” the Mango Mussolini better talk to the infantrymen who’d have to do the dissolving. tRUMP may believe he knows more than his generals. I know a lot of combat veterans who’ll tell you neither know very much. You’d think Richard Nixon’s and Henry Kissinger’s experiences in Cambodia would serve as a warning. High explosives, especially dropped from airplanes, don’t create much but a power vacuum.
16The kind of damage Trump is doing to the image of the USA as an example of progressive democracy will not be repaired if we drive him out of office. We still look like nationalistic fools, and for a long time. Just like the British, Japan, the Irish, etc.
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