NK has been putting out ridiculously over-the-top propaganda about destroying the US for many years; very few people take them seriously at all. Their missiles have little hope of actually hitting the US mainland, much less Hawaii or Guam. But I think some people are foreseeing a scenario much like this:
• Trump keeps goading and bullying North Korea until Kim Jong Un either actually launches something or goes through threatening motions that look like he’s about to
• Trump/Bannon/Mattis panics, launches an attack
• China panics, launches an attack on either NK or the US or both
• Japan panics, does something foolish
• South Korea panics, etc
North Korea has had everyone in Asia on edge for a decade or so. I’m worried Trump will do something to tip the powder keg.
Related: Trump’s precious approval rating numbers have inched up since his bellicose statements. I also worry that he’ll take that as a hint that he has to wage some serious war to regain popularity with Republicans.
