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The rhetoric between North Korea and the United States hit a scary new point today, as North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho equated President Trump’s recent tweets to a “declaration of war.” [Washington Post / Carol Morello]
Ri suggested that since the US was threatening his country, North Korea could conceivably shoot down US planes, even ones outside its airspace. [NYT / Rick Gladstone and David Sanger]
That comment seemed to be in response to US planes and bombers that flew along North Korea’s coast in an apparent show of force. Though the planes were technically in international airspace, they went as far north from the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea as any US planes have so far gone. [Reuters]
In the past week, the personal attacks between Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un have gotten ever nastier, with Kim calling the president a “dotard." Trump, on the other hand, called Kim a “madman” and — repeatedly — “little rocket man.” Russia, clearly sick of this nonsense, likened both leaders to small children. [BBC]
The White House rejected the notion that Trump’s tweets amounted to a declaration of war, with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calling the idea “absurd.” [NBC News / Alexander Smith and Abigail Williams]
This mean the US and North Korea currently appear to be engaged in a dangerous game of brinksmanship; essentially, each country is telling the other one not to mess with it, while pushing each other a little further toward the brink of a conflict. [Vox / Zack Beauchamp]
North Korean experts have often said that even though the US is fond of painting Kim Jong Un as a madman, he’s actually very calculated and rational in the way he provokes the international community. The wild card here is actually Trump. [Vox / Zeeshan Aleem]
Right now things are escalating very quickly, and while that does not mean that the US and North Korea are actually going to war, it does mean there is a clearer path by which war could start. [Vox / Zack Beauchamp]
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Vox Sentences is written by Ella Nilsen.
Amir Levy/Getty Images
The rhetoric between North Korea and the United States hit a scary new point today, as North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho equated President Trump’s recent tweets to a “declaration of war.” [Washington Post / Carol Morello]
Ri suggested that since the US was threatening his country, North Korea could conceivably shoot down US planes, even ones outside its airspace. [NYT / Rick Gladstone and David Sanger]
That comment seemed to be in response to US planes and bombers that flew along North Korea’s coast in an apparent show of force. Though the planes were technically in international airspace, they went as far north from the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea as any US planes have so far gone. [Reuters]
In the past week, the personal attacks between Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un have gotten ever nastier, with Kim calling the president a “dotard." Trump, on the other hand, called Kim a “madman” and — repeatedly — “little rocket man.” Russia, clearly sick of this nonsense, likened both leaders to small children. [BBC]
The White House rejected the notion that Trump’s tweets amounted to a declaration of war, with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calling the idea “absurd.” [NBC News / Alexander Smith and Abigail Williams]
This mean the US and North Korea currently appear to be engaged in a dangerous game of brinksmanship; essentially, each country is telling the other one not to mess with it, while pushing each other a little further toward the brink of a conflict. [Vox / Zack Beauchamp]
North Korean experts have often said that even though the US is fond of painting Kim Jong Un as a madman, he’s actually very calculated and rational in the way he provokes the international community. The wild card here is actually Trump. [Vox / Zeeshan Aleem]
Right now things are escalating very quickly, and while that does not mean that the US and North Korea are actually going to war, it does mean there is a clearer path by which war could start. [Vox / Zack Beauchamp]
www.fotavgeia.blogspot.com
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