Such talk only encourages our Enemies saying that the Military will not use nukes (as they are seen as inhuman and illegal) even if we are attacked. SO—If I was Rocketman Kim I would do the following.
1. Attack my own palace and kill some of my rivals—but escape with a few bandages. Say it was a stealth US attack. This would help rally the North Korean Opinion and embolden the Left in the USA to unseat Trump. Maybe leak some data to “Prove” it was a US attack. Then 2. Launch a nuke on California from a containership at sea and say it was some “Terrorist” group—ISIS maybe (I am sure they could get their support though Iran). Then 3. Launch an all out sneak attack using poison gas, nukes, all you have to seize South Korea—use nukes to threaten the Japanese into inaction. The US would be unable to act due to the Democratic Party opposition that would see this as a way to get rid of Trump once and for all. Rocketman would seize south korea and unify the two koreas under his iron tyranny-and end the south Korean rival to China (who will pay for it all. China would help pay for the re-building of America (to drain us dry of funds) and cause the USA to import 100 million Chinese who would be granted the right to vote in all elections like Mexican illegals today. America would stop being a superstate and be a Chinese satrap.
You are spot on, this “General” is an idiot, he needs to go.
Trump has wasted a year in not going after ALL Obama appointees in the civil service and not replacing all Obama generals and military high command that were promoted by him.