{"id":26562,"date":"2017-10-07T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26562"},"modified":"2017-10-07T15:12:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T20:12:14","slug":"trump-hints-at-war-with-north-korea-sorry-but-only-one-thing-will-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26562","title":{"rendered":"Trump Hints At War With North Korea: &#8220;Sorry, But Only One Thing Will Work&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-10-07\/trump-hints-war-north-korea-after-25-years-failed-diplomacy-only-one-thing-will-work\">Trump Hints At War With North Korea: &#8220;Sorry, But Only One Thing Will Work&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>\n<section class=\"messages-holder\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"node node-type-story node-full node-nid-604878\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>When <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-10-07\/early-tweetstorm-trump-praises-wapo-slams-nbc-and-late-night-comedians-reaches-out-s\">we commented on this morning&#8217;s <\/a>Trump tweetstorm, in which he covered everything from the fake (and not so fake) media, to RNC donors, to reaching out to Democrats on Obamacare repeal, to &#8220;late night&#8221; comedians and their &#8220;one-sided coverage&#8221; of Trump, we said that Trump has yet to make a comment on the most cryptic topic of the last week,\u00a0 his repeated suggestions that the current situation is <strong>a &#8220;calm before the storm.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moments ago, he may have done just that, when in his latest pair of tweets, Trump ominously suggested that following 25 years of failed diplomacy with North Korea, there is &#8220;<strong>only one thing that will work<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\">&#8220;Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for 25 years, agreements made and massive amounts of money paid hasn&#8217;t worked, agreements violated before the ink was dry, makings fools of U.S. negotiators. Sorry, but only one thing will work!&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor \" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Donald J. Trump\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Donald J. Trump<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@realDonaldTrump<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for 25 years, agreements made and massive amounts of money paid&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/916750042014404608\" data-datetime=\"2017-10-07T19:40:17+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: October 07, 2017 19:40:17 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2017-10-07T19:40:17+0000\">3:40 PM &#8211; Oct 7, 2017<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor \" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Donald J. Trump\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Donald J. Trump<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@realDonaldTrump<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8230;hasn&#8217;t worked, agreements violated before the ink was dry, makings fools of U.S. negotiators. Sorry, but only one thing will work!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/916751271960436737\" data-datetime=\"2017-10-07T19:45:10+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: October 07, 2017 19:45:10 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2017-10-07T19:45:10+0000\">3:45 PM &#8211; Oct 7, 2017<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The tweets prompted profoundly existential questions such as this one:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor \" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niubi\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Bill Bishop (screen name: niubi)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/910949265081536519\/YAQXtdLI_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/910949265081536519\/YAQXtdLI_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/910949265081536519\/YAQXtdLI_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Bill Bishop\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Bill Bishop<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niubi\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Bill Bishop (screen name: niubi)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@niubi\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@niubi<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Is trump threatening North Korea from the golf course?<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niubi\/status\/916754447321231360\" data-datetime=\"2017-10-07T19:57:47+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: October 07, 2017 19:57:47 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2017-10-07T19:57:47+0000\">3:57 PM &#8211; Oct 7, 2017<\/time> <\/a>\u00b7 <a class=\"u-linkBlend customisable-highlight\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=place%3A01fbe706f872cb32\">Washington, DC<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>While Trump did not specify what that &#8220;one thing&#8221; is (at least not yet), it stands to reason that the president is referring to some sort of military intervention, i.e. war, which of course would most likely prompt a retaliation by North Korea, one which according to the <em>38 North <\/em>website could result in over 2 million fatalities and nearly 8 million injuries.<\/p>\n<p><em>For those who missed it, here again is &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-10-06\/north-korean-nuke-attack-would-kill-over-2-million-report-finds\">What Would A North Korean Nuclear Attack Look Like<\/a>?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Hints At War With North Korea: &#8220;Sorry, But Only One Thing Will Work&#8221; 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