Trump's base could get us into a nuclear war
By David A. Andelman
Updated 4:44 PM ET, Sun September 3, 2017
... to please his base, Donald Trump may be about to scrap the main trade pact between the United States and South Korea, the first bilateral treaty he will have terminated as President. Smart? No. Not now, probably not ever.
Isn't this the very moment when we should be doing all we can to support and strengthen South Korea, a nation that is our principal bulwark against a madman who boasts he now has a hydrogen bomb that can destroy civilization? Apparently not, if it means leaving yet another campaign promise to his base unfulfilled.
Donald Trump made that promise as a candidate, back when North Korea was pretty far down on his list of global priorities, and a whole lot of other pledges seemed like better bets.
But one by one, each of his pledges to his base have come to naught. He hasn't managed to "repeal and replace Obamacare," "build a wall and make Mexico pay for it," scrap NAFTA or the "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims coming to our shores. But now, at the very worst possible moment, Trump seems hell-bent on touching off a trade war with one of our most critical allies and the very country we most desperately need to support just as it is facing an existential challenge from its arch enemy to the north, which has also threatened to unleash a nuclear Armageddon on America ...
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/03/opinions/trump-misguided-take-on-korea-andelman-opinion/index.html
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