According to a report in the Wall Street Journal today, the North Koreans have "decided" not to launch missiles aimed at Guam. For the last two weeks or so, Kim Jung Un and the crazy crew in North Korea have been announcing that they were "considering" and "planning for" an attack on Guam. Guam, of course, is part of the USA and there are nearly 200,000 US citizens who live there as well as being home to major military bases. President Trump warned the NKs and Kim Jung Un that if they actually threatened Guam or any of the USA, there would be a swift and horrible response that make the NKs regret their actions. After a lot of shouting and screaming, however, it looks like Kim Jung Un has blinked and the NKs are backing down.
What happened is that the President made clear in no uncertain terms that North Korea would be destroyed if it attacked Guam. That's a first in recent years. President Obama believed in what he called "strategic patience" and everyone else called "doing nothing". His motto was "speak softly and leave your stick at home." The North Koreans ignored him. President Bush was not much better on this account. He tried to negotiate with the NKs but got nothing at all from them. Things could change quickly, but so far, the Trump policy seems to be the only one that is having any effect on North Korea. This is a major success for President Trump, perhaps the biggest success he has had in office so far.
So why is there almost no media coverage of North Korea backing down. The USA wins big and most people don't even know that it happened. How can it be? The answer is that it is more important to the mainstream media to injure or defeat President Trump than it is to report the news accurately or to even tell America of this big success. It's disgusting that big news like this doesn't make its way to most people because it doesn't fit the media's chosen narrative.
What happened is that the President made clear in no uncertain terms that North Korea would be destroyed if it attacked Guam. That's a first in recent years. President Obama believed in what he called "strategic patience" and everyone else called "doing nothing". His motto was "speak softly and leave your stick at home." The North Koreans ignored him. President Bush was not much better on this account. He tried to negotiate with the NKs but got nothing at all from them. Things could change quickly, but so far, the Trump policy seems to be the only one that is having any effect on North Korea. This is a major success for President Trump, perhaps the biggest success he has had in office so far.
So why is there almost no media coverage of North Korea backing down. The USA wins big and most people don't even know that it happened. How can it be? The answer is that it is more important to the mainstream media to injure or defeat President Trump than it is to report the news accurately or to even tell America of this big success. It's disgusting that big news like this doesn't make its way to most people because it doesn't fit the media's chosen narrative.
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