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North Korea's Limp Dick Rockets and Trump's Twitter

from A Nuanced Man · #40

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3 min

Tim mocks North Korea's failed missile tests, riffs on Trump's erratic tweeting during rising tensions, and pivots into China's humanitarian aid near North Korea's border and the broader nuclear standoff.

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  • 1:42North Korea's rockets are so ineffective they land in their own ocean.
  • 2:03Tim argues Trump shouldn't be allowed on Twitter because his tweets are dangerous during a nuclear standoff.
  • 2:36China sent troops to North Korea's border with humanitarian supplies in case the US launches a preemptive strike.
  • 2:59China keeps North Korea around as a nuclear deterrent against Japan and South Korea.
  • 3:33The North Korea situation has escalated to contingency plans for regime change and deeper US involvement.
  • 3:51Criticism of Trump's Syria strike came from the right and alt-right, not the left, over chemical weapons concerns.
  • 4:14Trump's military intervention in Syria contradicts his base's anti-empire conservatism.
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Donald TrumpNorth KoreaChinaAnn CoulterSouth KoreaJapanBarack Obama

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