Although I fully share the feelings of you and RL about the doubtful membership of Donald Trump in the human species, I simply agree with RL that the situation is in real danger of spiraling out of control due to Donald Trump's uniquely dangerous stew of incompetence and maliciousness.

The basic problem is this: Our(technically) President can be baited by a tweet. And Kim Jong Un is yanking Trump's chain so hard his head might fly off at any moment.

Can you not recognize one of the most epic pieces of trolling ever, in North Korea's threat to bracket Guam, but not not hit it, with missiles? And I'm pretty sure they didn't say those four missiles would be nuclear-tipped, they just want to show they can. If Kim feels like it some day. Or maybe not. The Mutual Madman Theory seems to be the 21st century's answer to Mutual Assured Destruction.

How would No Drama Obama be handling himself in this situation (not that he'd have ever let it get this far)? I'm thinking something more along the lines of "every fool on the planet knows what we're capable of, sit down and be quiet".

You know: Speak softly, carry a big stick.