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From The Daily Beast:
"President Trump attacked North Korea after its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, claiming the rogue state was 'behaving in a very, very dangerous manner.' Speaking at a news conference in Poland, he said: 'Its a shame theyre behaving this waytheyre behaving in a very, very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it.' Trump was asked whether he would take military action. 'As far as North Korea is concerned, I dont know, we will see what happens,' he said. 'I have some pretty severe things that we are thinking about.....'"
Since Trump will most likely be prevented by cooler heads citing the 25th amendment if he wants to order a nuclear first strike, just what "pretty severe things" is he contemplating using?
I have no connection with this crowd, so all I can do is speculate. Some "pretty severe things" Trump might have in store for North Korea that I can think of...........
1.) Forcing Kim to accept, finance and build a Trump Tower and hotel in Pyongyang in return for agreeing not to nuke them, and they have to name Pyongyang airport after Ivanka as part of the bargain.
2.) Making Kim's wife wear Ivanka's line of clothing at military parades in return for not bombing them.
3.) Forcing North Korea to underwrite one of Trump's $500 million personal notes due to Russia in exchange for letting Kim continue to order American DVDs on Amazon.
I'm sure some of you out there can think of some other "pretty severe things" that Trump has up his sleeve to make Kim Jong-Un behave, right?
MineralMan
(146,331 posts)That's what I hear from my "highly placed source at the White House." - Claude Taylor
DFW
(54,437 posts)Trump might change his mind and draw that red line after all......
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)A HERRING!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)The construction of the Ryygyong has been about as reputable as anything else Trump as built, so why the hell not?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel
Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of economic crisis after the fall of the Soviet Union. After 1992 the building stood topped out, but without any windows or interior fittings. In 2008 construction resumed, and the exterior was completed in 2011. It was planned to open the hotel in 2012, the centenary of Kim Il-sung's birth, but this did not happen. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was also cancelled.[6] As of 2017, the building remains unopened.[7]
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)DFW
(54,437 posts)He'd never find them again.
trof
(54,256 posts)DFW
(54,437 posts)"You first"