North Korea -- What should be do?

Quote: AZDuffman

So, whatever Trump is doing, it is working and working well!

Saw a video of Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert,
and a total Lib. But he admires Trump's 'skill set'
and his ability to manipulate people and media.

He thinks calling Kim 'rocket man' was a brilliant
move. In one sentence he reduced the leader
of a country to the laughing stock of the world.
Nobody will ever look at the fat little toad the
same again, including the fat little toad. He's
a pipsqueak on the world stage, out played
no matter where he looks.

Adams says forget about Hillary, anybody could
have beaten her. Trump's brilliance was beating
18 contenders to the nomination. Calling Jeb
low energy, or Ted 'lying Ted', or Marco 'Little
Marco', diminished them and made them constantly
on the defensive. Adams says Trump is not great
at anything, but he has so many smaller skills, more
than anybody he's ever seen, it makes him very
formidable. Even though Adams disagrees with 90%
of what Trump says.

Quote: kenarman

You will have to ask Obama he declared Venezuela a 'national security threat" in 2015 and a declared a "national emergency" to deal with them in January of this year.

You seem to labor under the misapprehension that because Trump is such a poor excuse for a politician, somehow this means I approve(d) of Obama.

Quote: Nareed

You seem to labor under the misapprehension that because Trump is such a poor excuse for a politician, somehow this means I approve(d) of Obama.

Are there any politicians you approve of or are you a closet anarchist?

Quote: kenarman

Are there any politicians you approve

Hell, no.

Quote: Evenbob

He thinks calling Kim 'rocket man' was a brilliant
move. In one sentence he reduced the leader
of a country to the laughing stock of the world.
Nobody will ever look at the fat little toad the
same again, including the fat little toad. He's
a pipsqueak on the world stage, out played
no matter where he looks.

I'd have called him "Rocket Boy" but anyone can play MMQB. Thing is, Trump is the only modern politician who could get away with this. Obama is simply too aloof to have even tried. Trump has the persona of a guy who started on the street and made good. Which he really has. He was a developer in NYC in the 1980s, and I can assure you he was not dealing with the Boy Scouts there.

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Adams says forget about Hillary, anybody could
have beaten her. Trump's brilliance was beating
18 contenders to the nomination. Calling Jeb
low energy, or Ted 'lying Ted', or Marco 'Little
Marco', diminished them and made them constantly
on the defensive. Adams says Trump is not great
at anything, but he has so many smaller skills, more
than anybody he's ever seen, it makes him very
formidable.

He knows media and he knows people. The media was against him all the way, yet he owned them at every turn. He made everyone play on his terms. His skills are what made him the business success that he is. His instinct is his best asset. When he has something to say, he says it. Hillary gave the impression she had every statement checked and focus grouped then rechecked. She still screwed up.

Quote: kenarman

You will have to ask Obama he declared Venezuela a 'national security threat" in 2015 and a declared a "national emergency" to deal with them in January of this year.

Perhaps that matters, but it matters more who creates the wrong situation at the wrong time.

Trump has achieved nothing so far in N. Korea. Unless you mean Kim shooting missiles over Japan. Or threats to detonate an open air hydrogen bomb.

New sanctions only count when you see some effect.

Quote: rxwine

Trump has achieved nothing so far in N. Korea. Unless you mean Kim shooting missiles over Japan. Or threats to detonate an open air hydrogen bomb.

If it matters, it's highly unlikely NK has a hydrogen bomb. It's very likely what they claimed as one is really a tritium-boosted fission bomb.

See, in a regular A bomb, most of the Uranium or Plutonium doesn't go off. By adding a small amount of tritium to the core, though, it will fuse and release additional neutrons, which will make more of the reaction mass go off explosively.

That's still bad news, but not as bad as a real H bomb.

Perhaps Trump thinks if the North Koreans nuke California, he will win the popular vote next time.

Quote: Nareed

Perhaps Trump thinks if the North Koreans nuke California, he will win the popular vote next time.

You are pushing good taste a little with those comments. I can't fault you for making fun of Trump as it is a virtual industry in the USA, but mass disaster is not as funny.

Quote: Pacomartin

You are pushing good taste a little with those comments.

It's hard to keep within the bounds of good taste when you have a subject who doesn't know the meaning of the term.

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I can't fault you for making fun of Trump as it is a virtual industry in the USA, but mass disaster is not as funny.

Has someone seen fit to inform him, for instance, that Puerto Ricans are American citizens?