Trump will be out in that area in a week or two. I think things are coming to head in that region. If Rocket Man feels like he’s pushed into a corner, he might decide to make an aggressive move to make mischief during Trump’s trip. I trust that we have contingency plans in place for that.
I imagine there are contingency plans, but bet the secret service is still getting some grey hair over this.
North Korea has had 60+ years to make an aggressive move (at least, a move aggressive enough to warrant a military response). Wouldn’t they have done so, by now, if they really wanted to push a final resolution? Why now, would they take on the US, when they had so much time in the past when they could have done so?
I suspect that the simplest and most obvious answer is also the correct one. They have no interest in an actual conflict with the US (or any regional power), but they do have an interest in the amount of leverage they can apply in negotiations. They know that a NK which can threaten a significant offensive nuclear move, and possibly an EMP attack as well, is in an infinitely better negotiating position than a NK which can only threaten a local attack featuring WWII-era weaponry.
I would personally be shocked if they did anything that crossed the line between things that we can let slide, and things where we have no choice but to respond militarily.
It is not unusual to have fighter planes nearby even when the POTUS is stateside.
[Trump will be out in that area in a week or two.]
Yeah.....I’m just sitting here wondering how crazy Fatboy is.
I’m sure they’ll take all the precautions they can.