Yet, as Mark Landler and Eric Schmitt reported in The Times, at the moment the president was announcing his armada, the warships in question were actually
going in the opposite direction, en route to a destination 3,500 miles away, where they were to take part in joint exercises with the Australian Navy.
Under this theory, the president could have responded to North Korea’s latest saber-rattling by announcing
that he was going to China, since chances are he’ll get there someday.
It’s possible they were actually empty and that right now, North Korea only has bragging rights in the big-container race.
It’s like praising a 4-year-old for coloring a picture, and the next thing you know he’s got his crayons out, heading for the white sofa.
And the Export-Import bank is, well .…
Pop Quiz: Which best describes your feelings about the president’s attitude toward the Export-Import Bank?
After all, if this administration has a strong card in foreign policy, it’s that the rest of the world thinks he’s so crazy he might do anything.
Tonight the president will go to bed and dream that he’s actually the true heir to the principality of Liechtenstein.
Last week, North Korea was planning a big celebration in honor of its founder’s birthday.
“We’re sending an armada,” said the president.
If North Korea sent up a missile, would the U. S. retaliate?