The Trumpet Man and The Rocket Man Share Many Of The Same Traits

Both of them (President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un) try and talk tough because they can not articulate in trying to communicate, they are both bombastic, confrontational, divisive, liars, unqualified for the office they hold, dishonest and ego driven to the point of self adulation.  And Tuesday, the trumpet man in his very first appearance and speech before the United Nations in New York was uninspiring.

Instead of representing the interest of the United States in a Presidential manner the trumpet man tried to lecture the U.N. members in a non productive speech, especially concerning North Korea and Iran.  He choose the wrong setting to degrade the Iran agreement and vowed to totally destroy North Korea if they threatened the U.S. or its allies.  That statement concerning North Korea was a change from what the trumpet man and his national security team has been saying for months.  Their position all along was the rocket man actually threatened the U.S but now the word IF has been added.  PolitiDose in previous commentary pointed out that the rocket man never threatened the U.S. and certainly never said they would totally destroy the U.S.  The rocket man did say North Korea's nuclear capabilities helped balance any threat from the U.S.  

Remarks by the trumpet man on the Iran agreement was very un-Presidential like so many other remarks he has made in the past.  Trying to link the agreement to other issues after the fact indicates the trumpet man lacks any policy to deal with those issues.  Thank goodness President Obama's administration had an effective policy to deal with the various problems and issues.

The words threat, threaten and threatening are being used by the trumpet man and those who want war with North Korea, like George W. Bush used the words in the run up to war in Iraq.  The rocket mans nuclear weapons are a threat just like China and Russian nuclear weapons are a threat, but none has threatened the U.S. with their use or vowed to totally destroy the United States.  There is a difference.  North Korea has kept the armistice that ended the Korean War in July 1953 and will not launch a preemptive war against any one for obvious reasons.  Their only means of supporting a war is financial help from China and Russia and those two countries have problems of their own and would not support any nuclear war that would likely spread.

France's President Emmanuel Macron who is friendly with President Trump took sharp exceptions to the trumpet man's speech concerning North Korea and Iran and pointed out the Iran agreement is solid, robust and verifiable and that renouncing it was a grave error.  Macron also spoke about an issue the trumpet man ignored, climate change, and said the planet will not negotiate with us.  On North Korea Macron said France rejects escalation and will not close any doors to dialogue.

The answer to the Korean problem is still a united Korea.  One country, one people, one leader and one government.  And one day the U.S. will have a leader with the wisdom and courage who understands the problem and stands up and leads in that direction.  This writer would not be surprised if some one else stands up in that regard before a U.S. President does.  And which ever way it happens, remember, you read it hear first in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.


This commentary written by Joe Lorio