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GOLD PRICES in London’s wholesale market recovered $5 per ounce from an overnight drop below $1220 on Tuesday, rallying from that 8-week low as North Korea marked US Independence Day by announcing the successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The Thaad system, deployed to counter North Korea’s missile threats, has angered China and become a contentious issue in South Korea’s presidential race.
Source: U.S. Antimissile System Goes Live in South Korea – The New York Times
Amiright?
In North Korea, missiles and nuclear bombs are more than a means of national defense – they’re an object of near-religious devotion.
U.S. President Donald Trump looks out a window of the Oval Office following an interview with Reuters at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
There’s going to be a nuclear blood bath.
Or not. As Donald Trump likes to say, “We’ll have to see.”
I know one thing: If I’m the leader of North Korea (and I’m not), I’m accelerating my efforts to prepare my country for a war.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute.
“There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea. Absolutely,” Trump told Reuters in an Oval Office interview ahead of his 100th day in office on Saturday.
Yay. So looking for a bigger, scarier Cuban missile crisis.
Anti-missile system in South Korea operational in ‘coming days’
Source: Anti-missile system in South Korea operational in ‘coming days’ – CNNPolitics.com