For months, a debate has raged over how much attention should be paid to President Trump’s maniacal Twitter obsession. Is it a hate-inspiring call to violence or a distracting sideshow?
While there is truth to both side, tonight, it became something much more frightening.
After North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, the President of the United States went not just to the situation room but to social media with a not-so-subtle suggestion that China bomb the so-called hermit kingdom:
North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017
….and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017
For the shrinking minority who still supported Trump, there is no longer any room for debate about this man’s fitness for office. In fewer than 140 characters, the President of the United States fired off a half-cocked public provocation to war.
With luck, cooler heads will prevail. But it is certainly a dark day in America when our best chance for avoiding mass casualties is the hope that China and North Korea’s leaders will show more level heads than the President of the United States.
On this, the 241st anniversary of American Independence, the best birthday present our nation could hope for is Congress showing the courage to put a stop to this madness.
