Yeah, I suppose I doubt that the kind of people who climb to high position in rigid, paranoid hierarchies, like that I imagine exists in DPRK, are that irrational.

I don't think there's a real nuclear risk here from any one individual, but if there's a rapid transition of some kind that'd be the point where desperation was the greatest.

Under ordinary circumstances, we'd be likely to navigate to a situation where economic aid or the lifting of sanctions is promised in return for disarmament. That's happened in the past. Trump's rhetoric is problematic, as he's increasing the downside risk for himself of being seen to concede.

I guess a big question is what exactly is the DPRK going for? One Korea has been the goal, why would that change all of a sudden? I guess it's really up to China, they're the key player.

Playing someone’s advocate, Real Time’s Bill Maher wondered aloud tonight whether President Donald Trump’s nuke-threatening bluster against North Korea’s Kim Jong-un might, well, work.

“If by working,” answered CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, “you mean North Korea de-nuclearizing, I would give him the Nobel Prize. But I think that is highly, highly, highly unlikely.”

The HBO host didn’t press his original point.

Of course he didn't, the moron.

Good work Fareed

Bill Maher's a twat.

He's right up there with Piers Morgan in my book.

Hard to know whether to criticise all the semi-decent-of-heart edgelords out there for ever liking Bill Maher, or praise them for finally realising what a piece of shit he is.

But if you're still supporting Bill Maher in 2017, you're not paying attention.

16 days later

They didn't target Guam as they said they would, so this latest provocation is a deliberate sidestep. It seems they're prolonging the standoff with the US at this point while carefully avoiding an all out challenge.

2 months later

President Donald Trump has again traded barbs with North Korea, shortly before offering to mediate in a heated regional dispute.
He took to Twitter to complain he would never call North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "short and fat", after its foreign ministry called him "old".

It was one of a series of remarks he made on social media before volunteering his services over maritime claims in the South China Sea.
"I'm a very good mediator," he said.

😆 This is bizarre.

It's a bad American reality show beamed over the world stage

Hahaha. Reminds me of my pompous, self-absorbed film professor..."b-b-but, I'm a really good critique-er"...

5 months later

Anfield will be gutted.

I remember reading the below article a couple of months back but i'm still amazed how far this has gone as i thought they were playing up to the Olympics. As the saying, "success has many fathers", goes everyone is vying for credit but i don't think Kim would have moved this far and this fast without the collective combination of Trump, China, Russia and Moon.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43334320

If this continues to progress, that combination of players will be up for the Nobel prize. Imagine the Nobel panel discussing Trump’s candidacy. I guess if they give to to Lil Rocket Man, might as well.

The Nobel prize for peace awarded to Trump..... essentially for using twitter to insult Kim, call him names and to threaten him.

Jesus wept.

It wasn't twitter that forced Kim's hand.  😆
It was the turning off of the China lifeblood without which they are doomed.
For that, whether you hate Trump, you have to admit his ramped up pressure went further than any other recent US President.

Bold Tone wrote:

It wasn't twitter that forced Kim's hand.  😆

Donald Trump's unorthodox and unstable leadership had both Korean leaders worried about the potential of military options

The unorthodoxy and unstable nature conveyed directly by him on his twitter feed.