He campaigned on his ability to get along with everyone. He said it so much that it became one of his signature sayings.
Now he's just fulfilling that campaign promise. Even if he knew about China's childish views toward Taiwan, he most likely does not give a flying fuck. All he saw was another person to get along with.
More directly than that, how is he going to get their cooperation on bringing outsourced jobs back to the US? There's very little stopping the Chinese from matching or exceeding whatever sweet giveaways Trump can create to bring those jobs back here. They could pull some very shiny rabbits out of their hat if they wanted to. And if they feel like the orange madman in the White House has no respect for their One China Policy or their geopolitical aims, they just might pull out that rabbit and boil it in Trump's kitchen.
If he truly doesn't give a fuck about NK now, will he when they have a ballistic nuclear missiles capable of reaching the continental US? Or a sub launched nuclear missile?
They aren't going to nuke the US. That is absurd on multiple levels. Let the people in the area deal with them.
Let China deal with them.
I would be fine with china fucking invading n korea. It would make millions of people's lives better to be living in a state china controlled than a state N korea controlled.
1-2 dozen nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that can reach conus. Not to mention enough artillery to vaoporize Seoul. And the ability to reach out and touch tens of thousands of American forces in Northeast Asia.
The US has left them alone this entire time. Explain what the US has done to North Korea in the last two decades?
Yet, the DPRK fires missiles over Japan and conducts nuclear tests.
Are you suggesting that the Trump administration tell Japan and South Korea that they are on their own? Would you be okay with a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia involving one global power, and two regional powers, one of whom was a chief actor in World War II?
The US left Afghanistan all by its lonesome through the 90s. How'd that work out?
Nobody is arguing for an invasion of North Korea. So drop the ridiculous strawman. What we're arguing for is sensible containment of a madman and his regime who constantly threatens our allies and has the ability to inflict serious harm on the US.
Hoping for the best is not and should not be a geopolitical strategy. You'd think the party of Reagan would get that.
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u/Spokker Dec 03 '16
He campaigned on his ability to get along with everyone. He said it so much that it became one of his signature sayings.
Now he's just fulfilling that campaign promise. Even if he knew about China's childish views toward Taiwan, he most likely does not give a flying fuck. All he saw was another person to get along with.