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President Trump has reportedly said Japan should have shot down missiles North Korea tested over the country earlier this year, sources told The Japan Times ahead of the president's visit.
Diplomatic sources told the outlet that Trump made the comment during conversations with leaders of Southeast Asian countries while discussing the threat of North Korea's advancing nuclear weapons program.
North Korea in both August and in September launched a ballistic missile over Japan, landing in the Pacific Ocean.
The Japan Times reported that Trump said he could not understand why a country of samurai warriors would not shoot down the missile.
While Trump has not made similar comments in the past, he has said that "talking is not the answer" to solving North Korea problems and that force by the nation would be met with "fire and fury."
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/358804-trump-wanted-japan-to-shoot-down-north-korean-missiles-earlier-this
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)If he had any sense at all, which I doubt, he would realize how incompetent he is and resign immediately.
edbermac
(15,939 posts)hibbing
(10,098 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)He's a sad and pathetic moron.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)more racist and idiotic statements he will utter before his trip is through? God, I can't believe they let this disaster loose on Asia.