New year, same tweets. It's becoming increasingly possible that President Trump may walk us into an accidental war with North Korea. But what if we put someone with more experience in charge—like Dennis Rodman. Rodman's been to North Korea several times and has maintained a strong friendship with Kim Jong Un. Meanwhile, Trump promised North Korea would "be met with fire and fury," and continues to taunt Kim Jong Un on Twitter. Who do you trust more to deal with North Korea? 🇰🇵
Dennis Rodman is the only American who has met Kim Jong Un, and they're actually friends. They hit it off while watching a basketball game together during Rodman's first visit. Since then he's been back several times, sang karaoke with the dictator and has even held Kim's baby daughter.
Besides that, he's one of the few calm voices on North Korea. Nuclear expert Siegfried Hecker told The Washington Post:
The real threat is stumbling into an inadvertent nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula by misunderstanding or miscalculation. Inflammatory rhetoric on both sides will make that more likely. It’s time to tone down the rhetoric.
Who better to repair relations with North Korea and open a diplomatic channel than Rodman? Crazier things have happened...
But Trump's supporters say he's bucking the failed policy that led America into this situation in the first place. Had past presidents handled the situation with force instead of kicking the problem down the road, we wouldn't be here today.
Trump is signaling loud and clear to North Korea that the status quo which allowed them to develop nuclear weapons no longer exists. Instead of waiting for North Korea to further develop its nuclear arsenal and ICBM capabilities, Trump is taking action. The UN has already imposed sanctions that will cost North Korea roughly $1 billion.
After many years of failure,countries are coming together to finally address the dangers posed by North Korea. We must be tough & decisive!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2017
Sanctions and “other” pressures are beginning to have a big impact on North Korea. Soldiers are dangerously fleeing to South Korea. Rocket man now wants to talk to South Korea for first time. Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not - we will see!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2018
Interestingly enough senior CIA Korea analyst Yong Suk Lee said publicly in October that Trump's tough rhetoric on North Korea was actually helping the situation https://t.co/8Wci5TBzhf pic.twitter.com/yKdhO6EH3n
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) January 3, 2018
America is the most powerful nation in the world & it's about time we start acting like it.
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) January 3, 2018
We aren't going to apologize from behind or be the world's personal piggy bank.
Those days are over.#NuclearButton
North Korea has been ignored for years, Trump is tackling our #1 Nuclear Threat Kim Jung Un. God Bless our President for taking on the tough problems while others ignored it!
— 🌹ARI 💯Russian BOT (@ari_russian) November 16, 2017
In a 1999 Meet the Press interview, Trump gave a clear explanation of how he would handle North Korea. He has a strategy and we're seeing it play out.
In a 1999 interview on @MeetThePress, Donald Trump described how he would handle North Korea if he was elected president. pic.twitter.com/chARew2ddY
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 9, 2017
