Posted on 10/11/2017 3:27:02 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Trump on N. Korea: My attitude is the one that matters
2017/10/12 04:58
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his attitude is "the one that matters" when it comes to resolving the impasse over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
Trump made the remark in response to a question about whether he and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are on the same page on how to deal with the communist regime.
"I think I have a little bit different attitude on North Korea than other people might have," he told reporters at the start of talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House. "And I listen to everybody but ultimately my attitude is the one that matters, isn't it? That's the way it works. That's the way the system is."
Trump has been tough on North Korea as the regime has fired a series of ballistic missiles and conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test in recent months.
He has threatened to "totally destroy" the nation if necessary and called Tillerson's efforts to reach out to the regime a waste of time.
"I think perhaps, I feel stronger and tougher on that subject than other people," the president said. "But I listen to everybody. Ultimately I will do what's right for the United States. And really what's right for the world because that's really a world problem, not just the United States. That's a world problem. That's a problem that has to be solved."
On Tuesday, Trump met with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford to discuss a "range of options to respond to any form of North Korean aggression," according to the White House.
The same day, the U.S.flew two B-1B Lancer bombers nears the Korean Peninsula in a show of force.
So our blood, their gain? What a crock. I said a couple of times on another forum that we should have taken control of the oil in Iraq instead of handing it out to those asshole countries who didnt help us during the invasion.
Trumps going to nuke the Norks like Truman nuked the Japs.
Crush him Mr. President...Crush him!
“Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to declare war. The President, meanwhile, derives the power to direct the military after a Congressional declaration of war from Article II, Section 2, which names the President Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.”
That’s certainly not to say there is any block to self defense. Trump must do that but it puts the first move in North Korea’s court.
Nah. He has other options such as killing Little Kimmy.
Since we never had an official end to the Korean War—ONLY a truce was signed—then I am not sure that Trump needs any approval from Congress to go there & bomb the crap out of them.
Since we never had an official end to the Korean War—ONLY a truce was signed—then I am not sure that Trump needs any approval from Congress to go there & bomb the crap out of them.
I would say that the current actions by N Korea & it’s ‘leaders’ is a breach of that TRUCE.
Not too sure that all applies this time.
Korean War ended in a TRUCE. Not a formal capitulation by the enemy, such as Japan & Germany in WW II.
Seems like N Korea has more than violated that truce over & over again.
All Trump has to say—N Korea broke the truce, therefore, we are going to put an end to Fat Boy.
I do not see our blood being spilled. Bombs, certainly.
>>>Well, Trump is Commander-in-Chief after all.
Yes, but the Constitution still requires that Congress be the branch of the government to declare war.
>>>Korean War ended in a TRUCE.
The Korean conflict was a police action under the auspices of the United Nations. If we are going to preemptively attack North Korea, potentially putting 10s of thousands of US soldiers lives at stake, it would be nice if Congress would weigh in first as required by the US Constitution.
The $1 for the entire company press losers?
Yep, these “fine institutions” of journalism pass hands for $1....and we’re supposed to listen to what they have to say?
$1 worth of “fake news”
Wouldn’t the UN still be involved then. Also, Truman got the Congress to appropriate funds but there was no declaration.
How did the poor man manage with only six cabinet members?
Actually, the combatant is the UN.
UN directive might be the legal requirement unless the action is unilateral
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