Trump: US patience with the North Korean regime 'is over'

[jpak]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump, speaking alongside South Korean President Moon Jae-in, declared Friday US patience with the North Korean regime "is over."

"The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed," Trump said in a statement from the Rose Garden. "And, frankly, that patience is over."

The remarks were the latest sign that Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress in curbing North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, which top US officials have eyed with increasing concern in recent months.

The South Korean President's visit to the White House came after Trump approved a series of measures designed to ratchet up pressure on North Korea -- while also sending signals to China about the US' shrinking patience.

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Paper Tiger

yup

[Sneederbunk]

1. Kim you are about to get hit with a devastating tweet.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. We can all hope that is the worst of it. . . . nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. Oh hell no, as soon as it becomes clear Mueller has him on collusion, i.e. treason, the war starts.

Remember who runs him, Bannon and Vlad.

Bannon and Vlad want the same thing for different reasons.

Bannon wants to end the administrative state or existence of a functioning government because he THINKS he will be left standing to loot the place. Vlad wants it so he can march in, literally, and take over.

Bannon will be put in prison for some crime on day one, by Vlad. The only thing Vlad hates more than honest/decent/good people are assholes competing for his power.

[tonyt53]

2. I guess he thinks he can bluff China. The key word if "thinks".

[bullimiami]

3. Trumps been there 5 minutes and done nothing and his "patience" has worn thin.

[Alice11111]

4. Well, what is the attention span of a below average 4 yr old?

[GeorgeGist]

5. Is he planning 4th of July fireworks ...

over dessert?

[awesomerwb1]

6. Wouldn't South Korea suffer devastating attacks

in retaliation if we attack NK??

Unless we completely nuke them off the face of the planet?

Unless they know something we don't, the SK president was probably defecating bricks as cheeto was saying that.

[marylandblue]

12. Yes,Seoul has thousands of artillery pointed at it

And there are 38,000 US troops that are not enough to repel a North Korean attack. So there be huge US mitary casualties and even bigger South Korean civilian before we could mount an effective response.

[Stonepounder]

16. Dear God!

I pray that a) the Military would balk without a Congressional AUMF and b) Congress wouldn't give it.

This is what happens when you give somebody who has no idea of International politics and International relations the nuclear launch codes. Oh, and don't forget that China would be mroe than just a little upset, since North Korea is their client state.

[former9thward]

22. I guess you forgot the South Korean military.

Which is one of the world's largest (3.7 million) and is well trained and well equipped.

[marylandblue]

28. SK has only 600,000 active

South Korea and the US could ultimately defeat NK, but not without massive civilian casualties first. Also consider that China would back NK, so an attack on NK would likely result in a much larger war with an uncertain outcome.

[former9thward]

34. So we should just wait until N. Korea attacks?

And then the complaint will be "The U.S. knew this was going to happen and did nothing!"

[LanternWaste]

32. I guess you forgot 80% of the Korean military are reservists.

I guess you forgot 80% of the Korean military are reservists (since we're both of us merely guessing, that is...).

[former9thward]

33. I guess you forgot S. Korea is a small country

and it is very easy to mobilize the reservists. Israel is a small country with most in reserve and has had no problem mobilizing when attacked.

[atreides1]

17. Yes it would

But why would Trump care about the possible deaths of millions of South Koreans?

[sdfernando]

18. Seoul would be gone before we could even think about retaliation /nt

[former9thward]

23. Exactly how would that happen?

[sdfernando]

24. North Korea has 1000s of missles aimed at Seoul...and Seoul is very close to the boarder

wouldn't take anytime at all to launch them.

[Alpeduez21]

7. ALL HAIL FREEDONIA

We got guns
They got guns
All God's chillen got guns

We're going to war, We're going to war
We're finally going to war

[C_U_L8R]

8. In other words...

Donny really really wants a lifeline.

[mac56]

9. Distraction.

Weapons of Mass Distraction.

[Catmusicfan]

10. This is not good.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Wagging the dog! 🐶

[NewJeffCT]

14. I guess this will be the distraction from any big Trump/Russia

collusion stories coming out.

[jimmil]

15. Is Trump

possibly the stupidest human being on the planet?

[Initech]

26. If he gets half the US and Canada nuked, most definitely!

Even if he doesn't, he still is!

[jmowreader]

19. How many end-timers have Trump's ear?

An unprovoked attack on North Korea will spark a global war. End-timers think such a war will cause Jesus' return.

We are now at the point where impeachment is not enough. This entire administration needs to go to prison for life to protect the world from them.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

35. I don't understand why these people think the Jesus described in the bible

would ever come back and save them when they are the ones who are filled with hate and are clamoring war and all in his name too. Anyone that can read knows that the Jesus described in the bible represented peace and love, not war and hate. I'm not a believer, but it seems to me these people don't even know how to correctly follow their own religion.

[Turbineguy]

20. We're going to bomb them into the stone age....or....

Pyongyang is about to get a shiny new Trump Tower.

[LiberalLovinLug]

21. This would have reached a head no matter who was in office

But Trump will take advantage and no doubt his popularity will rise if he attacks NK.
I am bracing myself for all the news pundits saying how "Presidential" he now is that he is ordering death and destruction.

[Initech]

25. As someone who lives on the west coast, this is my worst fear come to life.

[marylandblue]

30. Don't worry, we will all be toast together

No matter where you live in the US, a Chinese or Russian missile can reach you, and neither will be sitting on the sidelines. On the plus side, I missed the fireworks this year.

[Hoyt]

29. Trump's line in the sand/dirt.

[VMA131Marine]

31. The only way I see to avoid a potentially devastating bombardment of Seoul ..

in the initial phase of any conflict would be to take out NK's leadership pre-emptively. We don't necessarily know exactly where Kim Jong Un is at any particular time so it's likely we would have to use nuclear-tipped cruise missiles to destroy NK's command and control structure before there was any opportunity to send any orders to the NK artillery staged near the DMZ and pointed at Seoul. How China and Russia might respond to this is anybody's guess, but the US would get crushed in the propaganda war that followed.

[Bengus81]

36. TRANSLATION: My patience with ULTRA low approval ratings is over..

Nutin' bumps those numbers up like a good ole' gut lovin WAR. Ronnie, a couple of Bush's and soon enough Butternut.