S. Koreans describe TRUMP: "Unpredictable. Unhinged. Dangerous."

[kpete]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/false-narrative-on-u-s-aircraft-carrier-elicits-jeers-in-asia-1492577625

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Unpredictable. Unhinged. Dangerous.

Many South Koreans are using those words to describe the president of their most important ally, rather than the leader of their archrival to the North. They worry that President Donald Trump’s tough, unorthodox talk about North Korea’s nuclear program is boosting already-high animosity between the rival Koreas.

No matter whether Trump succeeds at getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs, his actions, comments and tweets are changing how the region views the long-running conflict. Senior North Korean officials see their relations with Washington as even more volatile than before. China is appealing for calm, and possibly re-examining its role. Japan is weighing a retaliatory strike capability against the North.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/asia-allies-wary-trump

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They are stuck between two crazy fat guys who have bad hairdos and nuclear weapons.

Can't blame them for worrying.

[JHan]

3. the terror of tropicana jong il

[dalton99a]

5. Mad men and their tonsorial styles

[KittyWampus]

7. Oh dear.

[BainsBane]

8. He looks better that way

He ought to take the picture to his hairdresser.

[gratuitous]

2. No argument from me

Dicking around with war threats against nuclear-capable countries is the height of irresponsibility in statecraft. I still don't understand why the Pentagon left President Trump's empty threat hanging out there for days before correcting it, and then only when others had determined the true location of the carrier strike group. What "strategic" purpose is served by provoking a false confrontation with other nuclear powers?

[dalton99a]

4. Dangerous because he has no qualms about sacrificing Seoul to prove his hand size

[exboyfil]

6. So he gave his buddies the Russians

a heads up before launching a strike in Syria.

Wonder if the population of Seoul will get a heads up in advance of a strike?