re: #3 makeitstop

As someone pointed out earlier - by signaling that he may pull out of the Iran deal, he’s also signaling to N. Korea that there’s no such thing as a deal with the Trump administration.

This is how you negotiate with masonry contractors in Queens. This is not how to conduct international diplomacy.

This is how you negotiate with masonry contractors when you want to end up in concrete boots.

Trump thinks that because he’s a real estate guy that everyone responds to his blustering BS the same way.

That’s not how it works in international relations. You make threats like that, you better be prepared to deal with the consequences when your rivals test you.

Jong Un has already tested Trump and found Trump wanting. Those red lines quickly were erased as North Korea has fired not only missiles across Japan’s bow, but has fired a nuke far larger than anything they’ve done in the past - by a wide margin.

Jong Un knows how to play crazy. Trump is crazy.