Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Kim Jing Mentally Un blinks Date:   8/15/2017 9:17:30 AM

I suppose one of the advantages of having Trump as POTUS is that two bit, nut job dictators like Un are not really sure how he might respond to further provacation.  Un knows what would happen to NoKo if he dropped a nuke on anyone as does China and neither knows whether Trump was bluffing or would actually follow through with fire and fury.  Time will tell if this strategy is going to work but if I were advising Un or Xi I would tell them to cool their jets until he is out of office.  Heck, maybe they could hit the jackpot again with another Obama or Clinton.......we just might be dumb enough to do that you know.

On a related topic, China's chest thumping over a trade war is as hollow as can be.  Starting a trade war with the U.S would decimate their economy and every response harms them way more than it does us.  Our two economies are far too linked for them to even consider letting that happen, hence their imposition of trade restrictions with NoKo per the sanctions.  They account for 1/3rd of NoKo's trade and while destabilizing nut job Un would create a refugee crisis, that would be nothing compared to the U.S turning that country into a radioactive ash heap.