Say Something Nice About President Trump

[A Theist]

1.  No previous American president since 1973 has threatened war against North Korea.

2.  It would be a mighty ambarassing for trump to admit having been had and having to reinstate the exercises.   He will not doing it unless he can’t wiggle his way out.  North Korea will leave him just enough “face” so he wouldn’t be backed into a wall on this issue.  But North Korea will not have to give up anything substantiation to,preserve the new status quo.

3.  The only difference China made was how loud North Korean saber rattling would be.  It makes no difference whatsoever to North Korean determination and ability to develop, deploy, and keep their nuclear arsenal.  To the degree that China helped on the margins, how long will China keep helping on the margins  now that a trade war has been declared between the US and China?

The singular hall mark of trumpian diplomacy is thinking he can get somewhere by acting like the petulant child towards 72% of the world’s economy when the US has only 22% of the world’s economy, and thinking good relations with the remaining 5% is all that matters.

Save yourself and give it up. You're in over your head.