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Fire and fury: Trump plays into Kim's hand, copies North Korea's hostility

One of Trump's clear goals was his desire to be seen as a strongman on national, international stage

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US President Donald Trump said recently that dealing with steel was no longer a top priority. (Photo: Reuters)

Genevieve Hohnen | The Conversation

On August 8, US President Donald Trump used his most extreme language yet in relation to North Korea. He warned the regime’s leader, Kim Jong-un, that any North Korean aggression will be “met with fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before”, if it does not stop threatening the US.

Trump said North Korea’s threats had gone “beyond a normal state” and that “North Korea best not make any more threats”. But his reaction is at odds with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s recent comments that the US is