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By Aaron Blake
August 9 at 8:51 AM
Shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wanted to allay fears about President Trump's escalating rhetoric about inflicting "fire and fury" on North Korea ... He said Trump was just speaking Kim Jong Un's language. He said the U.S. isn't moving closer to a military option.
And then Trump started tweeting or more accurately, retweeting.
Trump doubled down on his own rhetoric by retweeting "Fox and Friends" links. One of them mentioned U.S. Air Force jets in Guam that were ready to "fight tonight." Two others played up Trump's tough rhetoric against the "rogue nation" ...
On the one hand, Tillerson is downplaying the likelihood of a conflict; on the other, Trump is pumping out his chest in a big way even talking openly about his ability to conduct nuclear war ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/09/trump-goes-full-madman-theory-on-north-korea/?utm_term=.7305e6b065ca
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tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)Always has, always will. Most folks now days call it "talking shit". He needs to stfu.
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And I'm saying it's him, not "the Generals".He has a history, this is not new. It's dangerous at this level versus the shit he talked in his past days as a crooked real estate developer but it's HIS shit. He needs no help from "the Generals".
In fact, having some experience with Generals, I believe they'd rather he stfu lest he should tip our hand. "Loose lips sink ships." That's General speak not, "Bring it on."
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Blue Owl
(50,489 posts)Don't know where... Don't know when...
struggle4progress
(118,330 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Many are also heavily corrupt and guilty of collusion.
They think they can tough it out.