DAMN YOU TRUMP!
Posted on 08/08/2017 12:55:11 PM PDT by Red Badger
President Donald Trump warns that threats from North Korea "will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen." North Korea has successfully created a miniaturized nuclear weapon that can fit in its missiles, according to NBC News and The Washington Post.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned North Korea about facing "fire and fury" if the isolated nation makes more threats to the United States.
"North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening ... and I said they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before," Trump told reporters during what he calls a "working vacation" at his New Jersey golf club.
His comments came hours after revelations Pyongyang has successfully created a miniaturized nuclear weapon designed to fit inside its missiles. While miniaturizing marks a major step in North Korea's nuclear ambitions, it does not necessarily mean the country has an accurate nuclear-equipped intercontinental ballistic missile, yet.
The development raises the stakes for Trump and other world leaders, who already faced difficult and limited options in dealing with North Korea's aggression. Trump has tried to leverage China, Pyongyang's only major ally, to get North Korea to change its behavior, but he has lamented a lack of success with Beijing.
The U.N. Security Council on Saturday unanimously put new sanctions on North Korea over its continued missile tests. The country has tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles that landed off the coast of Japan this year. Some analysis has said one of those missiles could potentially reach the mainland United States.
National security advisor H.R. McMaster recently said Trump is "not going to tolerate North Korea being able to threaten the United States."
Pyongyang has repeatedly vowed retribution against the U.S. following sanctions or other measures meant to deter its nuclear and missile programs.
After the U.N. imposed the newest sanctions, North Korea said it would bring "thousands-fold" revenge against the U.S.
This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.
I don't think we have a choice with regards to striking chubs. Trump laid out a red line even. As soon as he tweeted what he did, I just shook my head.
That said, Chubs deserves everything he’z about to get. Can't go around runnin your mouth and threatening folks with nukes. That's pretty much the definition of terrorism.
The list 1 below is the amount of war matériel shipped to the Soviet Union through the Lend-Lease program from its beginning until 30 September 1945.
Aircraft 14,795
Tanks 7,056
Jeeps 51,503
Trucks 375,883
Motorcycles 35,170
Tractors 8,071
Guns 8,218
Machine guns 131,633
Explosives 345,735 tons
Building equipment valued $ 10,910,000
Railroad freight cars 11,155
Locomotives 1,981
Cargo ships 90
Submarine hunters 105
Torpedo boats 197
Ship engines 7,784
Food supplies 4,478,000 tons
Machines and equipment $ 1,078,965,000
Non-ferrous metals 802,000 tons
Petroleum products 2,670,000 tons
Chemicals 842,000 tons
Cotton 106,893,000 tons
Leather 49,860 tons
Tires 3,786,000
Army boots 15,417,001 pairs
Notes
1. ^ Leo T. Crowley, “Lend Lease” in Walter Yust, ed. 10 Eventful Years (1947) 2: 858-60; 1:520.
From Wikipedia with note
I love this President! Listening to the sickles whiners all afternoon has been like a triumphant symphony for hours. Bwahahahahahaaaaa!!!
Prez DJT to Kim U-fat, “Go ahead punk, make my day...”
CNN all day have been blabbing away that Trump is unhinged and he whats a war with North Korea. Said it’s the first time in American history that a US president has been that careless with words. When North Korea said they would target Guam CNN blamed it on Trump’s bluster. Of course for the past 3 or 4 hours they’ve had their “panel” weighing in to say Trump is a certified madman that should be kicked out of office before he gets us in a war. The usual Trump haters on on the panel, to include liberal US Army General
Mark Hertling, big time Trump hater.
Let it rain.
That is interesting history.
Carrying a big stick means you do have to judiciously but actually use it at some point.
MacArthur was right. But Capt Truman liked bossing around around a 5-Star general. Truman, with his ridiculous ceasefire instead of unconditional surrender, is what gave us Vietnam and every other other undeclared war we’ve been in for the last 60 years. Afganistan and Iraq should have been carpet-bombed years ago and to hell with collateral damage. We would now own both countries.
my 2cents:
It’s definitely a nuclear threat butI think the actual execution of the plan will involve ‘hardcore’ conventional......unless NK launches nukes in retaliation or first....if they are able to that is
but, it’s on, this isn’t going away....the top Obama NK envoy, Dennis Rodman, can’t solve this one......i said 30 days....1 week ago.....we’ll see
Do you remember the moment, during the Kuwait conflict, when you learned of the existence of stealth technology? That was 28 years ago. Even with the disastrous years of Obama, just imagine what weapons we have now which have not yet been seen in use. Fire and fury indeed.
Darn! I was banking on, ‘Shock and Awe!’ (ODS Vet, LOL!)
“Liberal heads exploding all across the fruited plains.”
Best. Election. Ever. EVER! :)
*TRUMP BUMP*
I have great confidence in the President of the United States and his ability to “deal” with this situation.
JFK cut a deal with the Soviets on Cuba in the end and perhaps a “deal” with China will help end this mess.
There was a lot of tough talk in 1962 but backchannel talks going on.
Bobby Kennedy was talking with the Soviet ambassador to the US secretly and an understanding was reached.
North Korea has a brutal record and a peaceful end to this would be miraculous, but its OK to believe in miracles and also its OK to understand history a bit.
Tough talk may be covering some tough negotiations in some secret place right now.
Please, PLEASE don't let this POTUS be sucked into the guaranteed-to-fail doctrine of "scaring" the enemy into submission. The only time that has worked that I'm aware of is when we nuked Japan in WWII. That's the level of "Shock and Awe" it takes to stop a determined enemy.
Winning a war requires killing and destroying, not scaring.
“...we should see to it that no NoKo town would be left standing. Total annihilation.”
I’d rather see us target The Royal Palace (or whatever they call it) and then return the rest of the country to the people - with help from South Korea. ;)
From sea to shining sea... :)
Trump will bring it.
Hope the little chunky guy (unlike his people, btw, who are short and darn skinny) realizes this...
I’m pretty sure President Trump, if need be, will be a much more effective War Time President than we’ve had in a long, long time.
P.S. It was just a joke. Shock and Awe v. Fire and Fury. It’s all in the Marketing. ;)
me too...i watch these vids of their missile launches..and it just doesnt look right. Never seen such free standing missiles launch like that..no guide platforms..no nothing. ..very odd looking.
when have they ever tested these missiles...not easy wedding a warhead to a missile then having it detonate properly...not a smart tactical move with at least 2 Trident “city killers” off your coast.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.