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Trump: 'Fire and fury' warning to North Korea might not have been tough enough
The Washingtonton Examinter ^ | 08/10/17 | Melissa Quinn

Posted on 08/10/2017 12:24:22 PM PDT by Enlightened1

President Trump said Thursday his warning that the U.S. would meet North Korea with "fire and fury" may not have been tough enough.

"They've been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years, and it's about time someone stuck for the people of this country and for the people of other countries," he said in Bedminster, N.J., in response to criticisms of his comments this week, according to a pool report. "If anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough."

The president also urged the rogue regime to "get their act together," and said the U.S. military backed his statements "100 percent."

Trump issued a stern warning to North Korea on Tuesday, days after the U.N. Security Council voted to sanction Pyongyang.

"North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States," Trump said. "They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen."

Trump's comments appeared to be prompted by a statement issued to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, which said "packs of wolves are coming in attack to strangle a nation."

Congressional Democrats criticized Trump for his comments, but Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis came to the president's defense.

When asked about Trump's comments Wednesday, Heather Nauert, spokeswoman for the State Department, said the U.S. was speaking with "one voice" on North Korea. On Thursday, Nauert reiterated that U.S. policy toward North Korea hasn't changed after Trump's reiteration.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: enough; fire; fury; nknukes; not; trumpasia
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1 posted on 08/10/2017 12:24:23 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

http://nypost.com/2017/08/09/heres-how-to-take-out-north-koreas-nukes/


2 posted on 08/10/2017 12:26:28 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Enlightened1

Fat Boy is depending on Russia and China to protect his a$$.........................


3 posted on 08/10/2017 12:27:10 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Enlightened1

Fire, fury AND Yoko Ono CDs airdropped onto the populace.


4 posted on 08/10/2017 12:27:48 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: txhurl

Don’t forget the Leroy Neiman paintings.


5 posted on 08/10/2017 12:29:00 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Enlightened1

Spike a drone into his fathead.


6 posted on 08/10/2017 12:29:49 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: Enlightened1

“The Left” would have criticized Trump NO MATTER what he said.

Let’s all blow these kind of comments away and move on and support Trump in our perilous weeks coming up.


7 posted on 08/10/2017 12:29:53 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: TBP

Send diplomatically secure messages to all who have embassies there that they have 48 hours to get their people out........................


8 posted on 08/10/2017 12:30:05 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Enlightened1

The Dems are a bunch of appeasing wusses


9 posted on 08/10/2017 12:31:52 PM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: BigEdLB

It frustrates me that the media and liberals are critical of Trump for being belligerent and bellicose.

Rather than being critical of Fat Boy and his apparent ability and desire to plunge us into a war, instead the liberals criticize Trump’s statements on the situation.

To listen to the media, you would swear that Trump is the major threat to world peace, not Fat Boy.


10 posted on 08/10/2017 12:36:11 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Enlightened1; All

11 posted on 08/10/2017 12:37:35 PM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

the deep state wants war badly

freepers should realize if the deep state wants war - we shouldn’t


12 posted on 08/10/2017 12:37:46 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: Enlightened1

Hope CNN has a crash cart at the ready.


13 posted on 08/10/2017 12:38:00 PM PDT by JPG (MAGA)
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To: Red Badger

It always amuses me that, in a country full of starving people, Fat Boy seems to get enough to eat.


14 posted on 08/10/2017 12:38:31 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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He’s the only fat person in the whole country............odd...............


15 posted on 08/10/2017 12:40:24 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: vooch

enjoy your servitude then.


16 posted on 08/10/2017 12:42:07 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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Trump: 'Fire and fury' warning to North Korea might not have been tough enough

I LOVE President Trump! - The first POTUS since Ronald Reagan who hasn't been gelded!

17 posted on 08/10/2017 12:43:53 PM PDT by 21st Century Crusader (August 26, 1191)
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To: Cen-Tejas
“The Left” would have criticized Trump NO MATTER what he said.

The left is irrelevant.
We don't need to impress them, we just need the impress Fatboy NorKo.

Just put a high accuracy missile into his bedroom. No explosive, just a note:

The next one will be armed.

18 posted on 08/10/2017 12:44:09 PM PDT by publius911 (Less Tweets More Golf! it works!!!)
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To: txhurl

Carpet bomb the country with cheeseburgers!


19 posted on 08/10/2017 12:45:37 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: publius911

Yeah, you know the Left was stroking out when Reagan said, “We begin bombing in five minutes.”


20 posted on 08/10/2017 12:46:53 PM PDT by dfwgator
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