Fire, Fury, and North Korea
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2017
⏱️ 21 minutes
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The week, President Trump issued aggressive statements to North Korea, promising to meet the North Korean nuclear threat “with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” On Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters that these remarks didn’t constitute a change in policy toward Pyongyang. John Cassidy joins guest host Jeffrey Toobin to discuss the President's alarming rhetoric, and what the administration's mixed messages mean for the country’s national security and foreign policy.
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| 1:11.9 | This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics. |
| 1:17.7 | It's Friday, August 11th. I'm Jeffrey Tubin filling in today for Dorothy Wickenden. |
| 1:23.2 | The past week has marked an alarming escalation of tensions between the United States and North Korea. |
| 1:29.3 | Over the weekend, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to impose strict new sanctions on Pyongyang, |
| 1:35.3 | and on Tuesday, President Trump held a press conference from his golf club in New Jersey, where he is vacationing, to discuss the situation. North Korea, best not make any more threats to the United States. |
| 1:50.5 | They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. |
| 1:58.2 | Last night, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a rear interview was asked to clarify |
| 2:03.6 | the President's remarks. |
| 2:05.6 | I think Americans should sleep well at night, have no concerns about this particular |
| 2:11.6 | rhetoric of the last few days. |
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