McCaffrey: I’m Not Sure if Trump’s Scaring the North Koreans, But He’s Sure Scaring Me with Nuclear Button Talk

‘I think this kind of comment from the president is more likely to provoke the North Koreans than anything else’

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McCAFFREY: "Look, I’m not sure if he’s scaring the North Koreans, but he’s sure scaring me. It goes without saying that the U.S. has 6800 nuclear weapons and the North Koreans probably around 60. We don’t need to make that more publicly obvious than it is. My concern is that Kim Jong-un, this young, untested, brutal despot, is afraid of his own generals. To maintain survival of his administration, he has to sound tough. I think this kind of comment from the President is more likely to provoke the North Koreans than anything else, never mind the fact, as Bill points out, this is horrifying our allies, in particular the South Koreans, the Japanese, and the Australians."

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