I am not going to say much here, but the latest bluster by 45 seems like something we’d expect from North Korea’s current dictator. North Korea’s nuclear program has, it appears, advanced considerably. Lately we’ve noticed an escalation of threatening rhetoric by Kim around the time of the most recent economic sanctions approved by the UN Security Council.
Under saner circumstances, with a saner White House occupant, we’d expect a measured response to the most recent news that the North Korean regime could be closer to having the capacity to launch nuclear warheads that could reach the US. What we experienced today was far from a measured response, but rather an escalation of a war of words. As I try to digest today’s news, I am reminded that 45 on the campaign trail made statements suggesting he was cool with using our nuclear capacity in wartime. I don’t know how seriously his remarks were taken at the time. I would suggest taking him seriously. Whether or not the Joint Chiefs of Staff can keep this loon on a short leash at a particularly delicate moment is unclear. As is said in the news biz, developing….
