Trump: "My nuclear button is 'much bigger,' 'more powerful'"

[LionLooking]

Do you know how the Prime Minister of Canada gets his job?

Isn't he/she chosen by the Governor?
Sounds iffy but only someone who can obtain majority support in their House of Commons is chosen - much like the system over here.
Our PM is nominally chosen by the Queen but, in reality, is always the leader of the largest party in the Commons

 

[ImmortalFlame]

Should Trump do as the democrats do and send Kim Jong a few billion dollars more to apease his worship.

Source, please?

 

[Spiderman]

The real joke is that North Korea is part of the united nations. "United"....are you kidding me
What a joke!

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

This is hilarious.

Clearly none of you have watched a British parliament debate or PM's Qs. Go watch some. It's a parliamentary rap battle with insults thrown and dodged left and right.

Trump is acting like this towards Kimi because this is all the respect Kimi deserves.

You wont get many laughs from our current prime minister she is a right sourpuss. she is more May not than May

 

[LionLooking]

The real joke is that North Korea is part of the united nations. "United"....are you kidding me
What a joke!

That's right - there are always some rogue states who ignore the will of the UN - the USA for one.

 

[Quetzal]

Trump tweets about nuclear war with North Korea - CNNPolitics



This is getting more and more absurd. "Mine is bigger than yours," as if a couple of adolescents are arguing on a schoolyard.

I never thought nuclear war was something to be joked about or taken so lightly.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

I never thought nuclear war was something to be joked about or taken so lightly.

It is a matter of Priorities.
The major priority for Trump, is to get re-elected for a second term as president.
A good way to ensure this, is to get involved in a nice nuclear war.
The higher the carnage the better the chances.
You can be sure that he will be safe....
who care about battlefield or collateral damage?
It all makes sound business sense and profitable restructuring.

 

[Rough Beast Sloucher]

Isn't he/she chosen by the Governor?
Sounds iffy but only someone who can obtain majority support in their House of Commons is chosen - much like the system over here.
Our PM is nominally chosen by the Queen but, in reality, is always the leader of the largest party in the Commons

Correct, the Governor General chooses the PM based on who is most likely to be able to lead Parliament. This is normally the leader of the majority party. If there is no majority party, the Governor has to make a decision.

 

[metis]

This is getting more and more absurd. "Mine is bigger than yours," as if a couple of adolescents are arguing on a schoolyard.

Yep, I wish these two children would stop arguing over whose is bigger, especially where nukes are at stake.

 

[metis]

Better now than when Kim Jong Un gets even better weapons. Would you want to live in NK under Kim Jong the supreme leader? Not me. Nip it in the bud before it ever gets a chance to spread.

Gee, I wonder what Jesus would say about your statement, especially since military estimates believe it likely that hundreds of thousands to millions of innocent people in the Koreas would likely die?

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Correct, the Governor General chooses the PM based on who is most likely to be able to lead Parliament. This is normally the leader of the majority party. If there is no majority party, the Governor has to make a decision.

Surely he asks the leader of the largest party if they are able to form a government, with a working majority or by coalition. If they decline or fail, he then asks the question of the next largest party. If they also fail, it is open to him to call another election.

The Existing Prime minister and cabinet remain in control till a replacement with a majority is found.

Prime minister in most commonwealth countries use this system. Prime ministers are not elected.
It is the Government that is in power not the Prime minister, they can be replaced with out a further election.
Sovereignty lays with Parliament not the Government.
Parliament can vote down a prime minister and government at any time.
Ultimate Sovereignty is held by the people, who elect the individual members of parliament.

 

[Stevicus]

Yep, I wish these two children would stop arguing over whose is bigger, especially where nukes are at stake.

Yeah, I know. It reminds me of this old favorite:

I've got big balls
I've got big balls
And they're such big balls
Dirty big balls
And he's got big balls,
And she's got big balls,
But we've got the biggest balls of them all!

I can just picture them dancing around in the Oval Office singing along to this tune.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Gee, I wonder what Jesus would say about your statement, especially since military estimates believe it likely that hundreds of thousands to millions of innocent people in the Koreas would likely die?

Jesus is never asked, by tradition religion and ethical matters are stood down, as considerations, when war is discussed.
God is always assumed to be on their side, by each of those in a conflict.
The opposites side is always represented to be less than worthy of human respect.

 

[idav]

Trump tweets about nuclear war with North Korea - CNNPolitics



This is getting more and more absurd. "Mine is bigger than yours," as if a couple of adolescents are arguing on a schoolyard.

I can’t believe Trump would even humor Kim Jong uns nuclear talk, makes Trump just as insane. Nobody jokes about using nuclear war because its a loser for both sides and neighboring countries, not that insane people care threat much about details.

 

[Quetzal]

The higher the carnage the better the chances.

Really? I know many folks who voted for him because they thought he was less dangerous that his competitor.

 

[Stanyon]

This is hilarious.
Clearly none of you have watched a British parliament debate or PM's Qs. Go watch some. It's a parliamentary rap battle with insults thrown and dodged left and right.Trump is acting like this towards Kimi because this is all the respect Kimi deserves.

I for one always found watching British parliament far more entertaining than C-SPAN with all the booing, heckling, and fistfights once in a while, it seems like a hockey version of politics- then you have the Eastern Europeans

who says politics has to be boring?

Given who he is, the "joke" is that he's a hollow egomaniac who is deeply unhappy at his core and only gets his jollies by lying and tearing down America.

That is quite the claim!

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Really? I know many folks who voted for him because they thought he was less dangerous that his competitor.

Yes really.
History and statistics show that in war situations, leaders always get re-elected. (even unpopular ones)
Trump is in power, past political battles are in the past. he is the one who would gain the benefit from a war.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

I for one always found watching British parliament far more entertaining than C-SPAN with all the booing, heckling, and fistfights once in a while, it seems like a hockey version of politics- then you have the Eastern Europeans

who says politics has to be boring?



That is quite the claim!

You obviously do not understand the British parliament. You have to be very inventive to get away with insulting a fellow member. what is said may not seem like it, but it is tightly controlled by the Speaker.
Who if you Overstep the Parliamentary rules will , name you and have you thrown out. It is up to him alone, when you can come back, (normally several days) and have the privileged of apologising to parliament in person.

I have never known blows to be attempted or landed. if they were you would be excluded for many weeks. during which time you could neither speak nor vote. and probably not even enter the building at all. the Speaker even has the power to imprison, though I don't think it is ever needed.

The last time a cell was used was in 1880 when an elected Atheist tried to take his seat. At that time only Christians and Jews could take their seats in parliament it was not until 1886 that he finally took his seat... the law had not been changed but the new speaker did not object.

 

[Stanyon]

I can’t believe Trump would even humor Kim Jong uns nuclear talk, makes Trump just as insane. Nobody jokes about using nuclear war because its a loser for both sides and neighboring countries, not that insane people care threat much about details.

Despite numerous provocations and threats by North Korea for some reason the supposedly so dubbed "unhinged trump" that would call in the nuclear strikes has never emerged, it was and is fear mongering by much of the media but that's none of my business.

Trump in 1999, sounds like he was ahead of the curve when some others were wringing their hands wondering what to do:

 

[SkepticThinker]

This is exactly the type of mature, measured statement we should expect from the leader of the free world.