LISTENING, ROCKET MAN? Trump, upon arrival in Asia, sends clear message to North Korea’s diminutive despot
President Trump, upon landing at Yokota Air Base outside Tokyo, Japan Sunday morning to start off a 14-day tour of Asia, gave a speech to an enthusiastic crowd of American troops. During that speech, the President gave a clear warning to Kim Jong-un, the dictator of North Korea.
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Strengthening international resolve to denuclearize North Korea is in fact one of the three goals of the President’s trip. (The others, according to WhiteHouse.gov, are “promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region” and “advancing American prosperity through fair and reciprocal trade.”
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The President gave warnings to Kim Jong-un while praising the efforts of U.S. troops.
A little after halfway into the speech, the President said the following in praise of the troops: “… we have, more important than equipment, we have the best people. Each of you embodies the warrior creed.”
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Shortly after that, President Trump said the following, which must be considered – given the goals of the trip – a message to North Korea’s dictator: “Together with our allies, America’s warriors are prepared to defend our nation using the full range of our unmatched capabilities. No one — no dictator, no regime and no nation — should underestimate ever American resolve. Every once in a while in the past, they underestimated us. It was not pleasant for them, was it?”
Near the end of his speech, while crediting the troops further, the President had more words which likely would make Kim Jong-un squirm:
“Like your predecessors, you, our brave warriors, are the last bulwark against threats to the dreams of people in America and Japan and all across the world. You are the greatest hope for people who desire to leave in freedom and harmony. And you are the greatest threat to tyrants and dictators who seek to prey on the innocent. History has proven over and over that the road of the tyrant is a steady march toward poverty, suffering and servitude, but the path of strong nations and free people certain of their values and confident in their future is a proven path toward prosperity and peace.”
See USAF Colonel Kenneth “Bull” Moss give President Trump a flight jacket to welcome him to Asia by clicking THIS LINK.
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