Zakaria: ‘For His Entire Life, Donald Trump Has Made Grandiose Promises and Ominous Threats and Never Delivered’

ZAKARIA: "Trump has made clear that the United States would respond to North Korean nuclear threats rhetoric with a massive military strike possibly involving nuclear weapons. Is this credible? No. The United States is not going to launch a preventive nuclear war in Asia. Empty threats only cheapen American prestige and power, boxing  in the administration for the future. So why do it? Because it’s Trump’s basic mode of action. For his entire life, Donald Trump has made grandiose promises and ominous threats and never delivered on either. When he was in business, he frequently threatened to sue news organizations, but the last time he apparently followed through was in 1984, over 30 years ago. In his political life, he’s followed the same strategy. In 2011 he claimed he had investigators who cannot believe what they’re finding about Barack Obama’s birth certificate and he would soon be revealing interesting things. He had nothing. During the campaign, he vowed he would label China a currency manipulator, make Mexico pay for a border war, initiate an investigation into Hillary Clinton. So far, nada."