Is Trump taking us to war with NK with his new chief of staff?

[Gravitycollapse]

A. North Korea is a legitimate threat to our national security.

B. Going to war does wonders to a President's approval ratings.

C. Donald Trump really has nowhere to go but down unless he does something drastic.


This all seems like a very dangerous situation.

[ck4829]

1. D. He wants a fall guy when it all goes south

[Vinca]

2. That makes sense. Don won't take responsibility if Seattle is nuked.

[nolabear]

5. How about we don't just casually go there.

We in Seattle are a tich nervous.

[Vinca]

7. I imagine you are. I'm on the east coast and I'm nervous.

There's nothing casual about it, but not mentioning the possibility doesn't make it go away. This is every bit as frightening as the Cuban Missile Crisis when major east coast cities were in peril. Of course then we had a sane POTUS.

[nolabear]

11. Tell me about it. I was a wee kid living on a SAC base.

I was too young to really get the implications but every now and then sirens would go off and all the fathers disappeared and the mothers were hanging out together scared to death until the phone rang and they relaxed. I had nightmares about phones and sirens for years without realizing what they were about.

No, ignoring it doesn't make it go away. Local news is talking about it. It's horrifying. We would all die, my kids, the anticipated-within-days first grandbaby, we would have to choose fast or slow, bet the odds we could outlast the fallout and die later of cancer or organ failure. We are in a position where obliteration would be the kindest end...people, pets, wildlife, all of us. It's taking some serious courage because there's not much to put faith in. That's life here in the PNW, which otherwise is frankly quite wonderful.

[wcmagumba]

3. Drumph will be responsible...

for the deaths of millions of people before this is done...

[Ilsa]

4. I don't think Kelly will be politically reactive.

He and his wife lost a son in Afghanistan and have another son who is active duty. I don't think he'll advise going to war to improve poll numbers, but only if he perceives a threat to national security.

[NightWatcher]

6. I like having men of discipline around trump for that reason too

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[Ilsa]

8. He sounds like a real hard-ass on

Immigration, though. So I guess he has taken a few positions on policy. My guess is his main emphasis there is national security vs employment economics.

[OldHippieChick]

9. Being a military person does not mean one enjoys war. He is a realist and

we can hope he will explain to Drumpf what war is and why we try to avoid it. Time will tell.

[Johonny]

10. promotion of home land security probably means...a lot of wall talk

his voters love the wall anyways. I look for more homeland security talk from the White House. Kelly will likely regret moving closer to the nut house, but may have no option but to the take the demotion.