WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the North
Korea nuclear threat, President Trump's upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin, and a republican condemnation of President Trump's tweets.
However, Dimon said that he would not «price a crisis» into markets over the North
Korea nuclear threat.
Read more: North Korea missile test is the tip of world's nuclear iceberg; North
Korea nuclear threats: how worried should we be?
Not exact matches
Trump's
threat to hit North
Korea came as that nation — reacting to new United Nations sanctions against its
nuclear program — warned the U.S. would «pay dearly» and said it was examining plans to fire a missile toward an American military base on Guam.
After strong words from President Donald Trump promising «fire and fury» in response to continued
threats from Pyongyang, North
Korea threatened to launch a
nuclear - missile attack on the US military in Guam.
Basically, North
Korea has to keep testing its missiles to achieve a credible
nuclear threat to the US, but to do so it has to test missiles that fly beyond its borders.
Tensions have escalated since North
Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful
nuclear test on September 3, but the rhetoric has reached a new level in recent days with leaders on both sides exchanging
threats and insults.
North
Korea's deputy UN ambassador, Kim In Ryong, echoed the sentiment on Monday: «Unless the hostile policy and the
nuclear threat of the US is thoroughly eradicated, we will never put our
nuclear weapons and ballistic rockets on the negotiating table under any circumstances,» Kim said, according to Reuters.
«Through the exercise, the South Korean and US air forces have demonstrated the alliance's strong will and capability for strong retaliation against North
Korea's
nuclear and missile
threats,» South
Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, according to Yonhap.
«After numerous discussions with President Trump, I firmly believe his strong stand against North
Korea and its
nuclear aggression gives us the best hope in decades to resolve this
threat peacefully.
Terry Branstad, U.S. ambassador to China, speaks about addressing the
nuclear threat from North
Korea.
The
threat of
nuclear war with North
Korea didn't kill the stock market's bull run.
The South's president, Moon Jae - in, expressed worry that North
Korea's growing missile
threat could force the United States to attack the North before it masters a
nuclear - tipped long - range missile, something experts say may be imminent.
He will be responsible for advising Trump on a wide spectrum of national security issues, from the U.S. - led coalition against the Islamic State to China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea to North
Korea's growing
nuclear threat.
The
threat posed by North
Korea is «terrible» but it would be a mistake for market participants to significantly alter their portfolios on concerns of a
nuclear war, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said.
People ask me if I'm worried about the
threat, a
nuclear threat from North
Korea, and I think it is something you have to be concerned about.
«NoKo has interpreted America's past restraint as weakness,» he tweeted about reclusive North
Korea's
nuclear and missile
threats.
Sebastian Gorka, a senior White House national security official, has reiterated President Donald Trump's
threats against North
Korea, saying on Wednesday that the US would respond to escalating
threats from the
nuclear - armed rogue state.
Contrary to Trump's
threat of fire and fury, Bannon said: «There's no military solution [to North
Korea's
nuclear threats], forget it.
This test follows North
Korea's demands for $ 500 million to halt its missile exports, as well as
threats to revive its
nuclear weapons program if it does not get more money.
President Donald Trump's
threat to unleash «fire and fury» against North
Korea sent a shudder through Asia, raising alarm among allies and adversaries and, to some observers, making the possibility of military conflict over the North's
nuclear program seem more real.
We know this because the US hasn't invaded North
Korea to prevent the development of
nuclear weapons because of the more conventional
threat to Seoul.
Prime minister Shinzo Abe said Japan would make a firm response to North
Korea's challenge against
nuclear non-proliferation, calling its test a
threat to Japan's security.
A quick recap of Trump's first year in office: an airstrike on a Syrian airbase, FBI Director James Comey's firing, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's appointment to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the GOP healthcare fiasco, U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, North
Korea's ongoing
threats of
nuclear annihilation, «Crazy Mika «tweets, the Mooch, Charlottesville, #MeToo, Democratic gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey, Roy Moore's Alabama Senate run, Paul Manafort's indictment, Mike Flynn's plea deal, an ongoing battle over the Consumer Financial Bureau, the annihilation of ISIS, a resurgence of al - Qaeda terrorist networks, the repeal of net neutrality, the move of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Republican tax reform, Steve Bannon's fall from grace, «shithole» countries and continuing Fire and Fury fallout.
«In the past the
threat of North
Korea was related to
nuclear weapons.
While President Trump is lambasting China on Twitter for its failure to rein in North
Korea's
nuclear threats, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has taken on the role of shadow climate envoy.
«National security is our number - one priority, and this bill will fund essential programs that maintain our
nuclear deterrence posture in the face of growing global
threats — including North
Korea and other countries that are testing the tolerance of the international community,» House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen said.
Ah, 2011; a year of further monetary recession, tragic celebrity deaths, continued conflict in the Middle East, and the veiled
threat of
nuclear war in
Korea.