North Korea & China

[WakeForestRanger]

They're setting up a briefing for the House as well.

Certainly sounds like we're going to war.

 

[ConnorEl]

Fuck

 

[Deacsfan27]

Oh boy.

 

[Deacfreak07]

You mean to tell me that the fears folks had about our new president getting us into another war weren't baseless?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

thanks, Electoral College

really makes that Radio Lab about the nuclear keys being in one man's hand with zero checks prescient

 

[warak]

good grief...

 

[deacvision7]

I cannot sigh loud enough nor roll my eyes hard enough. Idiots.

 

[Liquid Karma]

So bring 100+ people to the white house or take just a few to the capitol building to discuss this?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

bleh the erosion of Congress' power over the use of the military is distressing. thanks a lot, Truman

 

[ConnorEl]

Make the less important people come to the more important. Simple.

 

[Louis Gossett Jr]

Well whatever that is about will leak immediately. Can we still go to war if the government is also shutdown.

 

[WakeForestRanger]

"Top Trump administration officials will hold a rare briefing on Wednesday at the White House for the entire U.S. Senate on the situation in North Korea, senior Senate aides said on Monday.

All 100 senators have been asked to the White House for the briefing by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the aides said.

While top administration officials routinely travel to Capitol Hill to address members of Congress on foreign policy and national security matters, it is unusual for the entire 100-member Senate to go to such an event at the White House, and for those four top officials to be involved.

U.S. officials have expressed mounting concern over North Korea's nuclear and missile tests, and its threats to attack the United States and its Asian allies.

President Donald Trump criticized North Korea's "continued belligerence" and said its actions were destabilizing during a telephone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, the White House said.

The briefing will take place at 3 p.m. EDT.

House aides said they were working with the White House to set a similar briefing for members of the House of Representatives."

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN17Q1LR

 

[Deacsfan27]

Well whatever that is about will leak immediately. Can we still go to war if the government is also shutdown.

I am sure that Donald Trump does not know the answer to that question.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

maybe he just wants to do another bowling night

 

[Louis Gossett Jr]

Hopefully there are enough Doritos and pizza like the closed door healthcare sessions. Knowing trump it will be 10 pizzas for 100 people.

 

[Liquid Karma]

bleh the erosion of Congress' power over the use of the military is distressing. thanks a lot, Truman

You shut your whore mouth about Harry S.

 

[06deacon]

Please don't tap Betsy Devos as the designated survivor

 

[WFFaithful]

So bring 100+ people to the white house or take just a few to the capitol building to discuss this?

Trump doesn't like to travel.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

You shut your whore mouth about Harry S.

i actually like Harry (my middle name is literally just 'S') Truman

if ya'll want some weird history repeating itself, read up on the election of 1948 and how it's about a dude appealing to rubes, demolishing every poll and media outlet's predictions and winning an election no one thought he'd win

except Truman navigated a surreal time in human history amazing well, including dealing with North Korea. he's like the anti-trump.

 

[WFFaithful]

With the way his poll numbers went up after he dropped a few missiles on Iraq, a war could save his presidency.