http://thehill.com/homenews/house/346276-democrat-walks-back -comment-that-kim-jong-un-more-responsible-than-trump Democrat walks back comment that Kim Jong-un ‘more responsible’ than Trump
Rep. Keith Ellison <http://thehill.com/person/keith-ellison> (D-Minn.) backed away from an earlier claim that President Trump was acting more irresponsibly than North Korea leader Kim Jong Un <http://thehill.com/person/kim-jong-un> during escalating rhetoric between Washington and Pyongyang. “That was one of those I wish I’d not said,” Ellison, who also serves as the deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, told The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/08/11/keith-ellison-irresponsible-trump-could-bring-about-north-korea-first-strike/?utm_term=.9faa917309d3> shortly after he made the accusation. “It’s tailor-made for somebody to misuse," he added. "I’d say [Trump's] being incredibly irresponsible and he’s putting us in a situation where you could have an accidental launch. I mean, his rhetoric might make Kim Jong Un think that he needs to strike first. What we need is someone bringing calm to the situation, not spiking it.” During an appearance at the Netroots Nation conference in Atlanta Friday, Ellison addressed the recent exchange of inflammatory rhetoric between Trump and North Korea, saying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was acting more responsibly than the U.S. president. “You have this guy making bellicose threats against somebody else who has very little to lose over there,” Ellison said, according to the Post. “Kim Jong Un – the world always thought he was not a responsible leader. Well, he’s acting more responsible than this guy.” Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have risen to their highest point of Trump's presidency in recent days. The United Nations Security Council, with encouragement from the U.S., voted unanimously <http://thehill.com/policy/international/345469-un-security-council-unanimously-approves-new-sanctions-on-north-korea>at the beginning of August to impose new sanctions against North Korea in retaliation for the regime's recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests. Following that vote, reports indicated that the country has developed a miniaturized nuclear warhead capable of fitting on a missile. Trump responded to that development by threatening to unleash "fire and fury" on North Korea if it continued to threaten the U.S. Since then, Trump has exchanged threats with North Korea, which said Wednesday that its military would have plans in place by mid-August to attack waters near the U.S. territory of Guam. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> <#m_277570212199562915_m_-285503615180498107_m_-5949450152643878973_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> __._,_.___ ------------------------------ Posted by: "Beowulf" <beow...@westerndefense.net> ------------------------------ Visit Your Group <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYzM0cW1uBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE1MDI1NDg2NTI-> [image: Yahoo! Groups] <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlazFyNmtwBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTUwMjU0ODY1Mg--> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • Unsubscribe <grendelreport-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to politicalforum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
