Something that occurred to me recently is that North Korea may be becoming more aggressive, and suicidal, because they have realized the current regime cannot remain in power and will inevitably collapse soon. So Kim Jong Un may envision going out with a bang, by becoming the banana public regime that nuked and crippled or destroyed the United States.
Alternately, that they see public support of Kim Jong Un diminishing, and are sabre-rattling to rally public support against the U.S./Japan/South Korea, to rebuild their support.
Just coincidence that it all escalated after Trump started talking tough?
You're ridiculous in your partisanship.
North Korea has been sabre-rattling and pursuing nuclear weapons since the early 1990's. They fired test missiles all through the Obama years. Who reacted with "strategic patience" (i.e. Obama did nothing, and only emboldened Kim Jong Un.)
Trump is committed to actually stopping N. Korea's growing threat to the U.S., whereas Obama just let it build.
North Korea already had nuclear weapons when Trump was inaugurated, he did not create this threat. And Trump's more bellicose rhetoric, and more quiet resolve appears to be gaining cooperation from the Chinese, and making North Korea think twice.
If Obama or Hillary were president, they would sit on their hands while North Korea perfected their missiles, and launched attacks on Guam, Hawaii, Los Angeles, or Washington DC. Trump is committed to preventing that. And if you read the above MSNBC article, China is secretly cooperating with the U.S., and is speculated would side
against North Korea, not with it.
