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struggle4progress

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Thu Aug 10, 2017, 02:35 PM Aug 2017

'You're not supposed to sound like North Korea' [View all]

Jake Nevins
Thursday 10 August 2017 11.41 EDT

... "Apparently Trump improvised fire and fury because the paper he had in front of him was an opioid fact sheet," Colbert went on. "Trump’s message of 'don’t threaten us, we will rain down fire and fury', was so intimidating that North Korea immediately threatened a missile strike on the US territory of Guam. Look, North Korea: leave Guam out of this. They’re a US territory, that means they don’t participate in the US elections. They didn’t vote for Trump, just like most Americans" ...

"When you respond to North Korea, you’re not supposed to sound like North Korea," Meyers said ... "Obama didn’t respond to Putin’s hacking by riding shirtless on horseback, even though everyone would’ve loved that" ...

"Steve has been out of public view lately," <Bee> said. "If I could suck my own cock I’d probably never leave my bedroom either. Since I can’t, I spend my time reading" ...

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/10/trump-north-korea-colbert-meyers-bee

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