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Fears of missiles, and words

Trump's provocative remarks were part of strategy for ratcheting up pressure on North Korea

The legislation "will reduce poverty, increase wages and save taxpayers billions and billions of dollars", Trump said at the White House
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The legislation “will reduce poverty, increase wages and save taxpayers billions and billions of dollars”, Trump said at the White House

The Editorial Board | NYT
On some emotional level, one might be able to see why Donald Trump threatened to unleash “fire and fury” against North Korea if it endangered the United States. The North’s nuclear program is a growing menace, its warmongering tirades are unquestionably unnerving, and peaceful solutions to the threat it poses have been maddeningly elusive over many years and many American administrations.

But Mr. Trump is president of the United States, and if prudent, disciplined leadership was ever required, it is now. Rhetorically stomping his feet, as he did on Tuesday, is not just irresponsible; it is dangerous. He is no longer