single shell dropped on the korean peninsula might lead to the outbreak of the thermonuclear war. we view the united states as a jelly we can beat at any time. is there a sense from the white house insiders that the president s strategy is working? well, what i have been told from senior advisers that they believe the president is communicating in the way that he feels most comfortable. he recognizes it s not the typical way that presidents have often spoken in times of heightened tensions. when you hear these lump and jelly juxtapositions from the north koreans some of what the president said seems to be in the same sort of hyperbolic lane at the moment. they are aware that the president has his own style and they believe that the force that he s trying to show is something that even some reluctant republicans will say they appreciate the notion of the
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temperatures on this peninsula over the last several days. and we heard yet again this morning from north korea in a state run newspaper, a warning that any pre-emptive strike on the part of the u.s. hitting north korea could spiral out of control. here s the quote from the article. even a single shell dropped on the korean peninsula might lead to the outback of a new world war, a thermonuclear war. we the u.s. no more than a lump which we can beat to a jellry at any time. not particularly unusual language from the north koreans. but they re carrying on with the back and forth angry language directed at the u.s. as well as carrying on with the plans at least to potentially lob four missiles in the direction of guam. one other development in south korea today, the national securitied a vuz y advisers for
mrs. pretty much unity amongst america s allies, no unity with there s pretty much unity amongst america s allies, no unity with the stopping of provocations. it s risky and not likely to work without chinese and russian buy-in. the question is if they re not going to do it voluntarily, do we pressure them to go along with it, and will that work, and does that represent a risk of escalation on its own. this problem will get worse before it gets better. that s not the trump administration s fault but their responsibility. and what we re all leaning toward is eventually we re going to have to sit down with the north koreans. we ll have to have diplomacy and some sort of negotiation. that s going to be an unpalatable thing to do. what they want. of course, it s what they want. the only other alternative is never-ending escalation which carries with it the risk of thermonuclear war.