Based On Trump’s Tweets, North Korea Decides We’re Already At War
Are Tweets By The President Official Statements Of Policy?
It’s a question many U.S. and world leaders are struggling with, and courts are likely to for a long time. North Korea’s decided it’s through with all that: Trump’s Tweets are, and that means we’re at war. The increasingly outspoken Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho suggesting Trump declared war this weekend, with this Tweet:
As a result, Ri said, North Korea will now feel free to shoot down U.S. military jets even if they are not in North Korean territory. This weekend, the U.S. Air Force sent fighters very close to the North Korean coast, way North of the DMZ (which marks the division between North and South Korea).
Ri’s assertion triggered a statement from the White House that: “We have not declared war on North Korea.” Video of Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is here:
For now, it’s all still just words. And North Korea is as big on hyperbole as Trump. Still, it’s pretty mind blowing for the U.S. to feel compelled to announce we’re not actually at war with another country. Because that means it would not be far-fetched if we were.
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