Trump just talked about North Korea like a dad talks about a bratty kid
Oooooooooooooo North Korea's in troubleeeeeeeeeeeeee...
So sayeth the president of the United States, anyway.
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President Donald Trump spoke about North Korea from Bedminster, New Jersey, on Thursday just days after he threatened the nation with "fire and fury," and North Korea issued a threat against Guam, a U.S. territory.
The president told reporters that perhaps his "fire and fury," comment wasn't rhetoric-y enough, adding that the leaders of North Korea should "get their act together" or it will be in trouble "like few nations have ever been."
“Frankly, the people who were questioning that statement, 'was it too tough?' Maybe it wasn’t tough enough,” he said. “They’ve been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years, and it’s about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. So, if anything, maybe that statement wasn’t tough enough.”
Trump: If North Korea even thinks about an attack, "things will happen to them like they never thought possible" https://t.co/qmxz86DFnF
— CNN (@CNN) August 10, 2017
But also he assured the U.S. that "the people of this country should be very comfortable" while North Korea should be "very nervous" if it "does anything" like an "attack of anybody that we love or represent or allies or us."
PRESS: Can you assure the American people on North Korea threat?
TRUMP: "The people of this country should be very comfortable." pic.twitter.com/RHBFMutt4v— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 10, 2017
And in case we weren't clear about the president's thoughts on North Korea, Trump decided to yell at the nation just how he (probably) used to yell at Ivanka and Eric and Donny Junior and also Tiffany and maybe Barron.
Trump tells press at Bedminster North Koreans should be careful, or they're going to "be in trouble" like they've never been before.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 10, 2017
BREAKING: Trump tells North Korea to `get their act together' or it will be in trouble `like few nations have ever been'
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 10, 2017
So we're stepping down from nuclear holocaust to a week on detention after school. That all seems clear.
— Chuck Graef (@chuckgraef) August 10, 2017
Trump is borrowing the strategic philosophy of my elementary school bus driver https://t.co/pynEh744xz
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 10, 2017
An apt metaphor on the spray from @joshgerstein in the newsroom: "It was like a dad turning around in a station wagon to yell at the kids."
— Jake Lahut (@JakeLahut) August 10, 2017
Get your act together or you will be in trouble, you North Korea you.
Jesus.