{"id":244065,"date":"2017-08-10T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=244065"},"modified":"2017-08-11T16:09:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T20:09:38","slug":"you-gotta-love-it-trump-doubles-down-on-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/08\/10\/you-gotta-love-it-trump-doubles-down-on-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"You Gotta Love It! Trump Doubles Down on North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: We\u2019re being manipulated with fear and fright and it\u2019s unconscionable what\u2019s happening. Now, my next example here is McClatchy News: “Lawmakers Fear Trump\u2019s Tough Talk Could Trigger War<\/a>.” Lawmakers, members of Congress, the peons.<\/p>\n

They have “been worried about Trump going off script for months, and now members of Congress are worried that his blunt and provocative warning to North Korea could lead to war.” What does this mean? It means that wimpism has taken over the Washington establishment, that wussism and wimpism and pajama boyism has taken over. North Korea is a zit on the butt of a pig and there\u2019s no reason to be afraid of it. Would we run around acting afraid of a zit on a pig? “Mr. Limbaugh, they\u2019ve got nuclear weapons!” Yet they can\u2019t hit the side of a barn for crying out loud.<\/p>\n

\"\"They\u2019re all huff and puff, and they\u2019ve been testing for months. It is well-established, well-established now. Kim Jong-un has been launching test missiles for months, for years. He\u2019s been launching them in every direction, mostly into the ground. Each of them with a longer trajectory than the previous one. At what point is the launch we see not a test? At what point will one of these clown tests be an actual attack, say on Honolulu or Guam or San Diego, whatever? How would we know?<\/p>\n

What are we supposed to do, just sit here and wait until the real one is airborne and hope that being gentle and compassionate and unprovocative will stop this lunatic from doing what he\u2019s doing? Is that what we\u2019re to believe here? We adopt the Obama pajama boy method here? That\u2019s how the North Koreans and Iranians got their nukes, is this pajama boy liberalism way of life. “We must show them mutual respect.” What did Hillary say? We must respect our enemies. We must try to get inside their head and try to relate to them, blah, blah, blah, and that\u2019s called “smart power.”<\/p>\n

No, it\u2019s not. It\u2019s called how to lose. So the guy\u2019s launching, he\u2019s been launching for years, and every one of them is a test. But one of these days it isn\u2019t going to be a test. And how are we going to know? So we\u2019re just supposed to sit here. The mature thing to do is sit and watch and monitor? And, what, hope? We can\u2019t pray because the left doesn\u2019t believe in prayer. So what are we supposed to do to stop this guy? And the minute somebody comes up and threatens him and tells him, “If you\u2019re not careful, you\u2019re going to run to hell faster than you ever knew you could,” (Mattis did the same thing), this is provocative?<\/p>\n

This is the way the left looks at crime, too. “Do not… Do not…” When it comes to bullies or anyone, “Do nothing! Do not say anything. We don\u2019t want to make them madder. Do not try to catch the criminal. Don\u2019t put the criminal in jail. Do not. It\u2019s just going to make them madder.” The left is a bunch of sickos, and their version of human nature is destructive. One of these days, one of this lunatic pot-bellied dictator\u2019s launches is not going to be a test. How will we know?<\/p>\n

We just sit and wait like Obama did for eight years and like Obama allowed the Iranians get ready to do? So here comes Trump warning that little freak that there will be consequences that make him the bad guy. Seriously, Trump\u2019s the bad guy in this? Damn straight! Because that\u2019s right out of the left-wing media playbook: The Republican president is always the enemy. George W. Bush? What did they say about him? He was recruiting terrorists by the so-called torture in Guantanamo and the pictures of Abu Ghraib.<\/p>\n

George W. Bush was increasing the number of terrorists. How? By capturing them and putting them in prison at Club Gitmo. That was creating more terrorists. What are we supposed to do? Sit around and let the terrorists terrorize — and if we don\u2019t say anything about them and if we don\u2019t try to stop them, maybe they\u2019ll reduce their terrorism? We\u2019re being led — we\u2019re being advised — by a bunch of people who are going to get us killed with their ideas of virtue and peace and harmony.<\/p>\n

And now we got the story that members of Congress are worried about Trump\u2019s tough talk. The governor of Guam, Eddie Calvo, is a Republican. “Guam\u2019s Governor Wants President Who Promises ‘Fire, Fury.'” Eddie Calvo said that the “160,000 people of Guam who are American citizens are concerned,” but there\u2019s no panic yet. He said, ‘We encourage everyone to go through their lives and live them like you would any other day.'” Exactly.<\/p>\n

\"\"The left wants us all to cower in fear and pray that the government will take care of us and protect us. Invest in the government to do everything, and be in fear — and then when the government takes care of you, make sure you say thank you and you show your appreciation in the ballot box. Eddie Calvo, the Republican governor of Guam says, “As far as I\u2019m concerned, as an American citizen, I want a president that says that if any nation such as North Korea attacks Guam, attacks Honolulu, attacks the West Coast, that they will be met with hell and fury.”<\/p>\n

Damn right, that\u2019s what I want!<\/p>\n

“Calvo also blasted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for apparently being open to an all-out conflict in the western Pacific.” From the Daily Wire: “On Wednesday, Defense Secretary James ‘Mad Dog\u2019 Mattis issued a warning to the [Norks] that made President Trump\u2019s ‘the fire and the fury\u2019 rant seem downright staid by comparison.” Here\u2019s what Mattis said — and you\u2019ll note that nobody on the left is suggesting that Mattis is warmongering or fearmongering.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll note that nobody on the left is saying, “This guy is dangerous!” We don\u2019t have any stories on members in Congress worried that Mattis is going to trigger a war. But here\u2019s what is said. “The United States and our allies have the demonstrated capabilities and unquestionable commitment to defend ourselves from an attack. Kim Jong Un should take heed of the United Nations Security Council\u2019s unified voice, and statements from governments the world over, who agree the DPRK poses a threat to global security and stability. The DPRK must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons.”<\/p>\n

The DPRK. Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea. Laugh, laugh.<\/p>\n

“The DPRK should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people.” That\u2019s some pretty sharp language from a guy who understands the role of the military — killing people and breaking things — and that is exactly what he has suggested would happen to Kim Jong-un. Nobody\u2019s running around saying, “Oh no! (sobbing) Oh no! Did you hear what Mattis said? Oh, we\u2019re going to die! The North Koreans are going to be scared and nuke us! Oh my God!” But when Trump says “fire and fury”? It\u2019s all made up. It\u2019s just… If you can\u2019t tell, it has me so riled up.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Back to the phones we go. I appreciate all your patience. Livermore, California, the home of the Livermore Lab — Lawrence Livermore Lab — and the nuclear headquarters of the U.S. Ray, it\u2019s great to have you. How are you doing?<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s great to be here, Rush, and the freak show was out in front of the lab yesterday with their anti-nuke celebration. It\u2019s funny you should mention that. Trump-is-a-trigger-word dittos, Rush. Isn\u2019t it ironic how the Democrats, Hollywood, academia, the conga line media — which is our so-called press — are allowed to say anything and everything about Trump, offensive speech, whatever. Yet Trump is the one who is out of control? Trump is the one who must remain measure? He must sit there, take it, and just shut up? It\u2019s amazing that they call him feckless and bombastic at the same time, Rush. It\u2019s an amazing thing to watch.<\/p>\n

RUSH: This is actually a very good point, because you\u2019re talking about more than just media types. You\u2019re talking about Hollywood leftists and celebrities and bloggers and any number of other people who have national stature and acclaim and respect. They can say whatever mean-spirited, extremist, slanderous, libelous thing they want about Trump and he\u2019s just supposed to sit there and take it. If he responds in a tweet or in any other fashion, then they jump on him for lack of decorum, lack of presidential stature. That\u2019s exactly right. That\u2019s a good observation.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I\u2019m a student of the EIB Academy, Rush, for continuing education, and I appreciate what you\u2019re doing here every day, Rush. You\u2019re a national treasure.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I sincerely appreciate it. (chuckles) That stuff embarrasses me, but I appreciate it. I really do. That is a good point. You stop and think about that. It\u2019s rather obvious and hypocritical, but once again we\u2019re stuck on the fact have to deal with the fact that hypocrisy never seems to stick to or harm in any way the left. Here\u2019s the Washington Post story: “Trump Revives Fear About Possession of Nuclear Codes.” (Gasp!) This is just breathless BS.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: I just caught about 30 seconds of it, but this Trump mini-press conference out there was just dazzling, folks. He just double-downed on the North Koreans and warned them without question that they were headed for disaster if they attack anybody — an ally, us — anybody we defend, represent or love. You gotta love it, folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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