Today’s childish tantrum from the President,
In chilling language that evoked the horror of a nuclear exchange, Mr. Trump sought to deter North Korea from any actions that would put Americans at risk. But it was not clear what specifically would cross his line. Administration officials have said that a pre-emptive military strike, while a last resort, is among the options they have made available to the president.
“North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States,” Mr. Trump told reporters at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., where he is spending much of the month on a working vacation. “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” [NYTimes]
This simply leaves the United States in a lose-lose situation. North Korea has already taunted the United States over our President’s intemperance, as the NYTimes notes in the same article:
Undaunted, North Korea warned several hours later that it was considering a strike that would create “an enveloping fire” around Guam, the western Pacific island where the United States operates a critical Air Force base. In recent months, American strategic bombers from Guam’s Andersen Air Force Base have flown over the Korean Peninsula in a show of force.
So what do we do? Back down? Rain hell-fire down on a nation merely for mouthing off? Clearly, Kim Jong-un is laughing at the elderly child currently in the Oval Office.
With each passing day, the danger posed by our amateur President continues to grow, and there’s little reason to think he will grow up, or he’ll hire better advisors – not given his spotty track-record so far.
So the question isn’t in Trump’s lap, or his advisors’, or even the generals occupying civilian offices. The question is in Speaker of the House Ryan’s lap, and he should be urgently addressing it: When do impeachment proceedings begin, sir? This is a Nation urgently in need of better leadership, and only the House can begin the proceedings.
Once Trump is gone to pout on his golf course, then we can evaluate Pence.
