I’d say it’s clear there’s a new Sheriff in the United States. But this is an even more important statement in that President Trump is meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday and Friday.

Via Fox News.

North Korea fired an apparent ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s military said early Wednesday.

The launch came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump described North Korea’s pursuit of a nuclear arsenal as a “humanity problem” and a senior U.S. official told reporters that the “clock has now run out” on Pyongyang.

Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile fired from the North’s eastern coastal town of Sinpo on Wednesday morning flew about 37 miles. It gave no further details.
Wednesday’s firing was made as South Korean and U.S. troops were conducting annual military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. North Korea often responds to the drills with its own military training and harsh rhetoric.

Two weeks ago, the South Korean and U.S. militaries said they detected what they called a failed North Korean ballistic missile launch.
A White House official also said Tuesday that “all options are on the table” for the U.S., though the official would not say what steps Trump was willing to take to curb dictator Kim Jong Un’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will huddle Thursday and Friday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, a venue chosen to give the summit a more informal feel. White House officials said Tuesday that trade and security would be high on the new American president’s agenda, including pushing China to exert more economic pressure on North Korea.

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  1. Maynard says:

    This situation stands to be about as dangerous as it gets. We figure it can’t really happen, but nuclear war is a serious possibility, and preventing it will require a deft touch. I respect that Trump has placed unilateral action on the table, because he’d be a fool to preclude any option, but as a practical matter it can’t be done without getting on the same page with China. And this should be possible, in that China may be happy to mess with us up to a point, but they really don’t want a nuclear war on their doorstep.

    Trump is the man who makes deals. This may be his opportunity to use his special skills to save the world, assuming it’s even possible to do so.

    Note that North Korea has also threatened to nuke China. So China has reasons of its own to be concerned and solve this problem.

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