Asians don't wonder, they know.
Aug. 12th, 2017 02:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timeletsA headline in US Today plays down the sense of disbelief most asians feel when they hear Covfefe's rhetoric on North Korea.
As expected, last night Chinese president Xi told Covfefe go fuck himself. Covfefe got upset and decided to impose tariffs on Chinese products. Sure, let's have a trade war, while we are waiting for a nuclear one.
BTW, neither Europeans nor Asians feel confident that the US will behave in a sane manner if a real conflict arises. After Covfefe threatened Venezuela with a military intervention, South Americans had become concerned too. They don't particularly like Maduro, but they don't like Covfefe and his pompous threats even more.
Asians wonder who is more dangerous: President Trump or North Korean leader Kim Jong Un?
The metropolitan area of Seoul is home to 25 million people and remains vulnerable not just to a nuclear attack from North Korea but to a strike from the massive buildup of conventional artillery at the border just 35 miles away.
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In Ho Chi Minh City, Dang Nguyen, 26, an associate professor, said most people aren’t discussing the threat of war breaking out in the region too seriously, but many are confounded by the impulsiveness of both leaders.
As expected, last night Chinese president Xi told Covfefe go fuck himself. Covfefe got upset and decided to impose tariffs on Chinese products. Sure, let's have a trade war, while we are waiting for a nuclear one.
BTW, neither Europeans nor Asians feel confident that the US will behave in a sane manner if a real conflict arises. After Covfefe threatened Venezuela with a military intervention, South Americans had become concerned too. They don't particularly like Maduro, but they don't like Covfefe and his pompous threats even more.
