Page 277 - Bluff News Today

The talk of the military solution is part of the stick strategy to score north korea and scare china. the fact that he said were not willing to sacrifice 10 million north koreans in seoul does undermine our policy but i took a certain amount of comfort -- >> it doesnt undermine the policy, it undermines the bluff. as we youall know, thats an important part of the policy. >> it an incredible book by evan thomas but thats what presidents do sometimes and they dont need little boys running around i...

States came out and side fire and fury, that was just talk, just rhetoric. he conceded at that our policy toward north korea is a bluff and when push comes to shove, there will be no military action. >> so in the midst of the worst nuclear standoff since, you know, you got to go back to the cuban missile crisis, i guess, since the recall 60s, rick, this is what steve bannon has been doing in the midst of the worst missile crisis since the cuban missile crisis. one, he has launched attacks agains...

For one second before we go to break. they got us. here you have someone inside the white house who thinks hes president of the united states that has literally raised the white flag of surrender to the north koreans getting nuclear weapons that can hit seattle, that can hit portland, that can hit los angeles, that can hit san diego. he said theres no military solution, they got us. the president, the a second, the secretary of state are doing their best to tell the north koreans if you cross th...

To come up with a policy that will protect the west coast of the united states of america from nuclear attack and steve bannons attacking him, the presidents national security adviser, and then steve bannon does an interview, says the presidents basically lying to the north koreans, that hes just bluffing and then in the name of the united states of america, steve bannon surrenders to north korea by saying, quote, they got us. can you imagine anyone undermining american national security interes...

Within the party at a time when the need to be coming together to advance their agenda. >> jon: in the meantime, the president is said to be sitting in trump tower, not paying a great deal of attention to the storm going on around him. >> steve bannon, with one phone call, really erased president trumps big victories. bannon called the prospect and basically said all that talk about keeping all the options on the table was not really going to happen, so he definitely called his own bluff on this...

Us along. it is just a sideshow. something secretary of state rex tillerson clearly disagrees with. >> whats different about this campaign is i think the level of international unity around this campaign, the level of cooperation we are getting from china and from others in the region. >> so heres the risk of course. if kim jong-un looks at steve bannons remarks and sees it as a bluff, is the u.s. not so serious? not able to deal with the north korean threat? that presents an entire new national...

And i do respect that service. i cant imagine he has the sort of knowledge and expertise that those four generals have. he dont know jack about north korea. i dont know why the president would listen to him. >> im stunned that bannon would go and tell this person hes never met before, from the american prospect, you know, its all just a bluff. theres no actual military option. >> and theres this idea that hes doing it just to distract from the story about charlottesville that it was some strateg...

To say at this point, but i think theres going to be some imperative there is. >> i tell you what, at least going back to the only thing i have for my life experience, i can tell you there was a time back when something had happened, willie, in congress, and a group of us just said we were going to stop. we were going to stop passing any legislation, we were going to stop passing any voting to pass any rules. we were going to basically stop everything that happened in congress until leadership s...

A little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, its californians its me and its you. dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >> guy: kim jong un backing down from his threat to attack guam despite releasing in the image of him reviewing attack plans, the rogue state saying he is going to watch americas behavior more before taking action....

President speak yesterday and he talked about strategic patience, the year of strategic patience failing miserably and that is over and that gives way to what the president had to say. >> this plan seemed to work, we had so much patience, very passive with this country for a lot of years and it didnt work and this method, we called their bluff. >> charles krauthammer said there is a place for thread overkill. see what he had to say. >> people got upset when trump use the words fire and fury, ove...