Someone please explain to me how North Korea is "no longer a nuclear threat"

[HomerJS]

Trump made this declaration. I'm not very bright but as far as I know NK has working missiles with nuclear warheads. Every foreign policy expert, intel expert and nuclear weapons expert say this isn't true. However Trump says it is.

What am I missing?

 

[akenbennu]

You've made the error of assuming Trump's declaration actually being true. Clearly, this is not the case 99.9% of the time.

 

[Jhhnn]

Trump made this declaration. Not I'm not very bright but as far as I know NK has working missiles with nuclear warheads. Every foreign policy expert, intel expert and nuclear weapons expert say this isn't true. However Trump says it is.

What am I missing?

The N Korean nuclear threat is kinda like voter fraud or bigfoot...

 

[pauldun170]

What if I told you North Korea was never a legitimate threat to begin?

 

[KMFJD]

2 Scoops said so, are you calling him a liar?

ahahahahah

 

[dank69]

You see, all the verification processes that were put in place for the Iran deal were inferior to "I trust him."

 

[hal2kilo]

You see, all the verification processes that were put in place for the Iran deal were inferior to "I trust him."

Who knows what transpired in that one on one for 45 minutes. They got real close.

 

[brycejones]

Who knows what transpired in that one on one for 45 minutes. They got real close.

No one needs to see THAT piss tape.

 

[interchange]

The way it works is that Trump repeatedly says ridiculous things and Fox goes on a journey from "he's just exaggerating" to "what he meant by that was" to "what that means is" to repeating exactly what he says as fact. And more mainstream sources eventually report what he says as "disputed" rather than false. His base gets their information from the horse's mouth or the horse's mouth piece which actively condition them to distrust other sources.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Cuz people are saying

 

[hal2kilo]

May the OP burn in hell for asking such an insulting question.

 

[cytg111]

It is the only thing that makes sense.
How many moves does Donny have?
Mueller is coming and even his own lawyers is preparing for impeachment, the only only chance he has is getting his base and approval rating high enough so that pressure on congress is big enough that he might just survive it.
He has to double down on this PR stunt, if it pans out he gets maximum value, if it doesnt he is dead in the water anyway.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Could we say that its because of the King and I?

 

[Indus]

Haven't you heard, Canada is a major threat but North Korean is our best ally right now along with Russia since they don't have any press that ask legit questions.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Cuz people are saying

many

 

[senseamp]

You know how Iran IS a nuclear threat despite not having nuclear weapons and suspending their development. Well, North Korea with their nuclear weapons IS NOT a nuclear threat under the exact same reasoning.

 

[glenn1]

Pakistan is a current nuclear threat and has a long and current record of conflict and current small border skirmishes with India.

Iran will be a nuclear threat at some point and has a long recent history of hot wars, proxy wars, huge support for terrorists, etc.

North Korea has nukes now but effectively is not a threat to anyone. They haven’t been in a war, fought a proxy war somewhere else, support terrorism to any large extent, and besides some random acts of a nuisance or criminal nature (like kidnappings and missile overflights) hasn’t really been a threat to anyone. They’re effectively the Cuba of Asia, ripe for more democratic governance but otherwise better left alone.

 

[KMFJD]

Pakistan is a current nuclear threat and has a long and current record of conflict and current small border skirmishes with India.

Iran will be a nuclear threat at some point and has a long recent history of hot wars, proxy wars, huge support for terrorists, etc.

North Korea has nukes now but effectively is not a threat to anyone. They haven’t been in a war, fought a proxy war somewhere else, support terrorism to any large extent, and besides some random acts of a nuisance or criminal nature (like kidnappings and missile overflights) hasn’t really been a threat to anyone. They’re effectively the Cuba of Asia, ripe for more democratic governance but otherwise better left alone.

Which hostile wars have they been in? The one where Iraq invaded them with US help?

 

[DarthKyrie]

Which hostile wars have they been in? The one where Iraq invaded them with US help?

I think he's talking about the ancient Persian kingdom that conquered Greece.

 

[HomerJS]

Pakistan is a current nuclear threat and has a long and current record of conflict and current small border skirmishes with India.

Iran will be a nuclear threat at some point and has a long recent history of hot wars, proxy wars, huge support for terrorists, etc.

North Korea has nukes now but effectively is not a threat to anyone. They haven’t been in a war, fought a proxy war somewhere else, support terrorism to any large extent, and besides some random acts of a nuisance or criminal nature (like kidnappings and missile overflights) hasn’t really been a threat to anyone. They’re effectively the Cuba of Asia, ripe for more democratic governance but otherwise better left alone.

Sounds like you are advocating containment for NK

 

[realibrad]

I think he's talking about the ancient Persian kingdom that conquered Greece.

Iran Iraq war was one they were involved in, but did not start. Beyond that Iran and S.A. have been fighting many proxy wars all over.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Iran

 

[pmv]

Iran Iraq war was one they were involved in, but did not start. Beyond that Iran and S.A. have been fighting many proxy wars all over.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Iran

Not nearly as long as the US's list, mind you.

 

[pmv]

Iran will be a nuclear threat at some point and has a long recent history of hot wars, proxy wars, huge support for terrorists, etc.

Just as a linguistic point, I don't think you can have a history that is both 'long' and 'recent'. 'Recent', by definition, is not 'long'. I suppose recent could be 'wide'.

The US, though, certainly has a long history of hot wars, proxy wars, huge support for terrorists, etc. The NPT does, does it not, also commit the existing nuclear powers to work towards disarmament?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

After poking around the net I think this isn't a question that matters, although I've found a one-word answer I think

Putin.

 

[realibrad]

Not nearly as long as the US's list, mind you.

Why is that comment relevant in any way?

Not as many as England, France, Germany, Russia, China, Spain, ect...