McCain: North Korea May Be the First Test of Trump's Presidency

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite


by Josh Feldman | 10:46 am, April 16th, 2017

North Korea’s latest missile launch failed, but how the U.S. will handle address the threat from North Korea has been one of the big topics on the Sunday shows today. Senator John McCain said this may be the “first test” of the Trump presidency.

McCain spoke with Chuck Todd on Meet the Press this morning about how the U.S. and China should respond, saying that China “can stop this if they want to.”

He also said that Kim Jong Un is “not rational” (somewhat less harsh than his recent comment about the North Korean leader being a “crazy fat kid”).

McCain repeated his remark about this being President Trump‘s first “real test” and also expressed his confidence that the president will receive good advice from Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster.


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1. Anthing short of a war will disappoint McCain nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. First test was tRump's reaction to Inaugurination crowd size. Or muslim ban. Or tRumpDon'tCare. nt

[SharonClark]

10. Absolutely correct!

[Juliusseizure]

3. If Kim Jong Un offered to get rid of

all nuclear weapons if Trump disclosed his tax returns, Trump still wouldn't do it.

[jpak]

4. I thought it was the WH Easter Egg Roll

[ffr]

5. A little forgetful on his behalf.

I kinda of thought his first test was already a failure. Does he get to do the Yemen raid over again? Can we have our Navy Seal's life back, the 30 or so civilians killed on the ground and the $70 million V-22 Osprey?

Only in white privileged America under republican rule does a failed unpopular dictator get do-overs. I can hardly wait to see the outcome of his next First Test.

[modrepub]

6. It not the fight that's important

IMO North Korea is not going to be able to put up much of a fight. I think they are less stable than Iraq was. The possibility that this could go nuclear is about the scariest outcome.

That said, it's not the fight that will be the toughest it will be the aftermath. Does China sit by and let a US-friendly Korea get established? It doesn't seem that we've learned anything from our experiences in Afghanistan, Iraq or Vietnam. Winning a battle/war can be relatively straight forward, winning the peace is the part no one seems to understand how to accomplish or appreciate the difficulty.

[heaven05]

7. two "irrational" human beings

do not a rational human being make, johnny boy. He needs to retire. Go to the green pastures and told STFU forever. War mongering POS.

[pangaia]

8. Oh for god sake John, go back to bed.

[dbackjon]

9. Shut the fuck up Rubber-Stamp McCain

[Maxheader]

11. No

Donnys first test was to secure the American people through jobs and healthcare.

[IronLionZion]

12. Trump doesn't do well on tests

And probably got more easy D's