kim. they re often absurd and ry dic rouse and one from president trump, sometimes, they can verge on that as well and people can dismiss them, but they seem to be b a big part of this. you got a nasty thing said, then a real threat of action. kim has called trump a parking dog, mentally deranged and a senile old person. president trump has kim sort of a whacko, a maniac, a bad dude, rocket man and today, a man. as i said, you kind of chuckle when you hear this, but words seem to matter now! they matter in a way we don t think. yesterday, president trump had a great day with the announcement of the sanctions. what we should be talking about now is how to cut off money to north korea. and this should be a conversation the united states, not just in china, but around the world, but we re not, we re talking about this escalation of these tweets and of course all these derogatory comments on
but it would depend on what kind of blast it was. and talking with cedrick just mentioned about nonproliferation, the interesting piece is north korea is not a signatory to any treater on nonproliferation, so their act would not necessarily be an act of war. it would just be a test. a horrible one in first place and might provoke action and reaction, but it is not an act of war. gordon, i guess the big question is, whether kim jong-un will do it. you know, it sounds so unbelievable, but in the beginning of this month, i was writing about whether he would do this. and the reason is it s logical for him. a lot of people have been saying kim doesn t have all the capabilities, he hasn t integrated them into a real weapon. this would be proof that it works and he has not only a deterrent, but something to blackmail the rest of the international community. the one reason he might not do it is at the anxious ss