Ryan on Trump’s North Korea Rhetoric: ‘I Think It’s Important Kim Jong Un Is Called to the Carpet

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RYAN: "Well, I think he backed down on his threat on Guam. I think what you have here is an escalating serious situation. I think the president -- in my own view of it, he likes the unpredictability side of this and I think it's important that Kim Jong-un is called to the carpet when he does this kind of reckless rhetoric. Tests were very successful tests. So this is a serious threat, not just to the region, but to the United States. So I think with respect to Korean policy, I think it's important that he realizes we're not going to take things lying down, that we're serious and take this issue seriously. So I think that that is important that we convey that message. I think it's also important that our regional actors help us. I'm specifically talking about China. China needs to do a whole lot more to help us with this situation I which is in their interest to do so. We also have to do a lot to beef up our defensive weapons and, yes, look, Vince brooks, one of the best army generals we have, is our general in charge of u.s./korea command. I've been there. I've met with them. I spent a few days last week working on just this issue. This is serious. The president knows it's serious. The options are not pretty options, but having North Korea with nuclear-tipped warheads that can strike the united States is not a good thing to have for this country. But it's not just that they would launch a missile to the United States, what I worry most about is that they'll sell one. I worry that they're going to proliferate. That they're going to sell it to the highest bidder, to a terrorist. That is why this is a serious issue and this young man is an unstable person and I do think he should be called to account for his reckless rhetoric. I think that's what the president is trying to do."