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workinclasszero

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Wed Aug 9, 2017, 12:10 PM Aug 2017

A terrifying axis of idiocy: Kim Jong-un baits Trump, who falls for it

A terrifying axis of idiocy: Kim Jong-un baits Trump, who falls for it
North Korea's erratic ruler trolls our clownish president into threatening nuclear war —the world holds its breath
BOB CESCA WEDNESDAY, AUG 9, 2017 07:00 AM CDT

When Rust Belt voters stepped out of their voting booths after pulling the lever for then-candidate Donald Trump, I’d wager they never fully considered what those votes would actually precipitate. They had some ideas, and they were warned about what Trump might do if he actually won, but that’s the thing: I don’t think many Trump voters actually thought he’d win, which is why they frivolously cast ballots for the ungainly Republican.

So it’s unlikely that a solid chunk of Trump’s supporters wanted him to, say, allow corporations to dump pollution in the water supplies in coal producing states or thwart physically abused seniors from suing their assisted living facilities.

And one thing I’m almost sure they didn’t want is a second war with North Korea, this time with its erratic leader, Kim Jong-un, threatening a nuclear strike against the American mainland.

http://www.salon.com/2017/08/09/a-terrifying-axis-of-idiocy-kim-jong-un-baits-trump-who-falls-for-it/
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