Dem Rep.: Trump's 'Twitter Shouting Match' On North Korea Is Not 'Helpful'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By ESME CRIBB Published SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 9:48 AM

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) on Sunday said President Donald Trump’s tweets about North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests have not “been helpful” and have “escalated the tension.”

“I don’t think that it’s been helpful,” Castro said on ABC’s “This Week” of Trump’s harsher rhetoric on the subject. “I don’t think that it’s helpful to get into a Twitter shouting match with a 32-year-old dictator, Kim Jong Un, in North Korea.”

He said Trump has “escalated the tension in the situation.”

“He needs to let his diplomats and his military generals and others handle the situation,” Castro said.

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[kimbutgar]

1. I think kim Jong un is trolling twitler

He knows twitler is unstable and he's pushing his buttons purposely to get him to retaliate and if he does China will assist him in the pushback. I see them destroying our economy. No imports or loans anymore.

[rurallib]

2. pretty much what I told Mrs. Lib this morning

and Trump is an easy mark for Kim