North Korea vs. TrumPOTUS
Please, Mr. Trump. Don’t antagonize the country with the newly developed nuclear power.
January 18, 2017
Well, this isn’t good.
North Korea has announced (on January 12th) it has the capability to and could at any time fire an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile at the US of A.
Trump has responded by tweeting “North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the US. It won’t happen!” So, not only did he decide to not even dignify the issue with a proper press conference, he went out and poked one of the world’s most dangerously provocative nation states with a stick by calling their bluff.
I’m not going to pretend Hillary was some sort of saint, but.. really? Moving on, it’s been speculated that while North Korea’s technology has developed to the level it could hit the US homeland, the US homeland is protected by a massive missile defense system program including interceptors, anti-ballistic missiles, high-altitude defense elements, and other missile suppression methods. Long story short, it could intercept a single missile from a ticked off, secluded “communist-utopia” kingdom.
However, should NK fire the missile, let’s just say that’ll cause some very, very haywire events to happen. Trump, I know we don’t get along, but as a DC resident, I’d sort of not like to be on the receiving end of this war, because the initial missile could be shot down but who’s to say China and Russia, North Korea’s strategic allies, won’t fire off their own missiles, and while the missile defense system is made for intercepting single missiles, it’s not calibrated to counter a missile strike on the level at which technically sophisticated nations operate, like Russia or China.
But forget all of the above issues, Mr. Trump, after your inauguration, can you just save the heavy reading and not cause World War III, and deescalate the situation with ChiRussia (the power couple)?
Arti Shala • Jan 19, 2017 at 8:30 am
Trump is forming a strategic alliance with a nuclear superpower, Russia. Along with this, the Trump administration is going to work with Russia and China to take action against China’s close neighbor, North Korea. The Obama Administration has not been putting enough pressure on China, but now with an alliance formed with Russia, we can easily reduce the threat of North Korea. Also, if North Korea has a missile capable of reaching the U.S. Homeland, it’s going to barely scratch southern California, if it isn’t already shut down by the world’s most expensive, powerful, and advanced military (The U.S.) I understand the fear of North Korea because a nuclear war might scare you, but the U.S. has a military twice as powerful as any country in the world, and the strongest allies in the world. Just because you don’t like Trump doesn’t mean you have to write a fear mongering article and act like North Korea actually has power. You, or anyone else in the United States, has nothing to worry about. The North Korean threat will be defused under a stricter Trump administration. This is a very biased article, how can you even call this news.
adviser • Jan 23, 2017 at 1:11 pm
It is an opinion piece in the Opinions section.