White House: North Korea presents 'unusual and extraordinary threat'

[edpc]

The White House in an announcement on Friday said North Korea remains an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States despite President Trump's assertion last week that Pyongyang “is no longer a nuclear threat.”

The Trump administration on Friday issued a routine notice to Congress describing the threat as reasoning for keeping sanctions in place on North Korea.

“The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the Government of North Korea continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,” the notice read.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393673-white-house-north-korea-presents-unusual-and-extraordinary-threat-to

[WingNot]

Still waiting for the mushroom cloud so you can say: "Told you so"

[edpc]

Still waiting for people to realize “unusual and extraordinary threat” and “is no longer a nuclear threat” don’t square with each other.

[driftdiver]

Still waiting for people to realize “unusual and extraordinary threat” and “is no longer a nuclear threat” don’t square with each other.

@edpc
Apparently you missed that this was to keep the sanctions in place.

[edpc]

Apparently you missed that this was to keep the sanctions in place.

I didn’t and it still doesn’t cover the ridiculous tweet.  It was well known the sanctions would remain in place until verifiable denuclearization took place.  Until that does, they remain a threat.  To say otherwise is both irresponsible and idiotic.

[Concerned]

Still waiting for people to realize “unusual and extraordinary threat” and “is no longer a nuclear threat” don’t square with each other.

It seems as though this Administration is having increasing trouble keeping their stories straight.

[driftdiver]

I didn’t and it still doesn’t cover the ridiculous tweet.  It was well known the sanctions would remain in place until verifiable denuclearization took place.  Until that does, they remain a threat.  To say otherwise is both irresponsible and idiotic.

@edpc
They don't stay in place without this statement.  So your point is they are in place so we don't need this is nonsensical.

[TomSea]

The two phrases are not mutually exclusive.

Fail. On to the next witch hunt.

[driftdiver]

It seems as though this Administration is having increasing trouble keeping their stories straight.

It seems as if there is no low too low for the NTs to go

[skeeter]

Yes, it was a silly tweet.

Yes, I still think Trump's doing a good job overall, am happy he's president and support his effort to denuclearize the Korean peninsula.

Next.

[edpc]

The two phrases are not mutually exclusive.

[TomSea]

"ISIS is defeated", "ISIS remains a threat", both statements can be correct.

[INVAR]

It seems as though this Administration is having increasing trouble keeping their stories straight.

Chaos.

It's what Trump creates around himself to mask the fact that all his assigned attributes from the adoring mobs are just ether.

[WingNot]

Chaos.

It's what Trump creates around himself to mask the fact that all his assigned attributes from the adoring mobs are just ether.

[edpc]

"ISIS is defeated", "ISIS remains a threat", both statements can be correct.

Sure.  Remember what a threat Germany was in June, 1945?

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Still waiting for people to realize “unusual and extraordinary threat” and “is no longer a nuclear threat” don’t square with each other.

Yes, I realize that.

So what?  As long as the sanctions actually remain in place -- which is exactly what just happened -- it was just lip service by Trump to try to get negotiations that had gone nowhere in decades to move along.  If it doesn't work, we've lost nothing.

[edpc]

Yes, I realize that.

So what?  As long as the sanctions actually remain in place -- which is exactly what just happened -- it was just lip service by Trump to try to get negotiations that had gone nowhere in decades to move along.  If it doesn't work, we've lost nothing.

Whether people care to admit it or not, his tweets aren't just throwaway statements, like when he was a private citizen.  They're record and in some cases, policy.  If credibility and the loss of it aren't important, that's fine - just say so.

[driftdiver]

Whether people care to admit it or not, his tweets aren't just throwaway statements, like when he was a private citizen.  They're record and in some cases, policy.  If credibility and the loss of it aren't important, that's fine - just say so.

@edpc

It wouldn't matter what he said or where he said it.  You would still complain.

[edpc]

It wouldn't matter what he said or where he said it.  You would still complain.

It wouldn't matter what I said or where I said it.  You would still annoyingly ping me to say this.

[driftdiver]

It wouldn't matter what I said or where I said it.  You would still annoyingly ping me to say this.

@edpc

You can't run from the Truth

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Fox News vs. North Korean State TV

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[driftdiver]

Fox News vs. North Korean State TV

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Now that shows the deep stupidity of NTs

[TomSea]

It's all about context;

Pretty unbelievable that even though great strides have been made in a troubling situation, there are still those trying to nitpick this or that.

Sanctions would be off, if NK was totally denuclearized. We do not have that. What was Trump suppose to tweet? NK is not denuclearized? There's a context.

[edpc]

You can't run from the Truth

True and plenty of people here just stand there, look it in the eye, then deny it.  The president is a fantastic role model for it.

[INVAR]

It's all about context;

What was Trump suppose to tweet? NK is not denuclearized? There's a context.

Yes.  The CONTEXT of what Trump tweeted after his "historic" 'Main Event" with himself in the center ring was:

NORTH KOREA NO LONGER A NUCLEAR THREAT

Pretty unbelievable that even though great strides have been made in a troubling situation, there are still those trying to nitpick this or that.

Because Conservatives who still have principles they have not discarded for a cult of personality do not grade intentions and emotional pap, as demanded.  We grade RESULTS.

But not liberals.  And not Trump populists.  Together they grade style over substance, intentions over actual achievements.

It's all about the show and the feeling that the show can generate to create a myth and lie.