White House Insiders Fear We’ll Blunder Into War

Axios reports:

President Trump’s boast last night that he has a “bigger & more powerful” Nuclear Button (caps, Trump’s) than North Korea has some administration insiders worried that we could blunder into war.

What they’re saying: “Every war in history was an accident,” said one administration insider. “You just don’t know what’s going to send him over the edge.”

The “him” was Trump, but could also refer to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who started the “nuclear button” exchange with a New Year’s Day speech on Monday in which he said: “The U.S. should know that the button for nuclear weapons is on my table” (desk).

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2018