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| Donald Trump on North Korea going to war: 'Good luck, enjoy yourself folks' | Donald Trump on North Korea going to war: 'Good luck, enjoy yourself folks' |
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| Donald Trump on Saturday told a crowd of thousands he was sanguine about potential hostilities between North Korea and its neighbors. | Donald Trump on Saturday told a crowd of thousands he was sanguine about potential hostilities between North Korea and its neighbors. |
| Related: North Korea releases propaganda film showing Washington under nuclear attack | Related: North Korea releases propaganda film showing Washington under nuclear attack |
| Speaking at a rally in Rothschild, Wisconsin ahead of the state’s primary on Tuesday, the Republican presidential frontrunner said that if conflict between Japan and nuclear-armed North Korea were to break out, “it would be a terrible thing but if they do, they do”. | Speaking at a rally in Rothschild, Wisconsin ahead of the state’s primary on Tuesday, the Republican presidential frontrunner said that if conflict between Japan and nuclear-armed North Korea were to break out, “it would be a terrible thing but if they do, they do”. |
| “Good luck,” he added. “Enjoy yourself, folks.” | “Good luck,” he added. “Enjoy yourself, folks.” |
| Referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, Trump also complained that the US had 28,000 troops on the armistice line between North Korea and South Korea “to stop a maniac”. | Referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, Trump also complained that the US had 28,000 troops on the armistice line between North Korea and South Korea “to stop a maniac”. |
| “What we do we get out of it?” he asked. “What we do get out of it? It’s time that other people stopped looking at us as stupid, stupid people.” | “What we do we get out of it?” he asked. “What we do get out of it? It’s time that other people stopped looking at us as stupid, stupid people.” |
| US troops are deployed in South Korea to support the United Nations, which enforces the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953. | US troops are deployed in South Korea to support the United Nations, which enforces the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953. |
| The two countries are still technically at war; North Korea repeatedly engages in belligerent activity. In the recent past it has sunk a South Korean ship and bombarded South Korean territory. | The two countries are still technically at war; North Korea repeatedly engages in belligerent activity. In the recent past it has sunk a South Korean ship and bombarded South Korean territory. |
| This week, as President Obama chaired a multi-nation nuclear security summit in Washington, Pyongyang carried out the latest of a number of ballistic missile tests. Last week, North Korea released a propaganda film that showed the US capital under nuclear attack. | This week, as President Obama chaired a multi-nation nuclear security summit in Washington, Pyongyang carried out the latest of a number of ballistic missile tests. Last week, North Korea released a propaganda film that showed the US capital under nuclear attack. |
| According to Trump: “Frankly, the case could be made to let [Japan] protect themselves against North Korea, they’d probably wipe them out pretty quick.” | According to Trump: “Frankly, the case could be made to let [Japan] protect themselves against North Korea, they’d probably wipe them out pretty quick.” |
| Japan is constitutionally prohibited from having an army. | Japan is constitutionally prohibited from having an army. |
| Since he emerged as the favourite to win the Republican presidential nomination, Trump’s foreign policy credentials have come under scrutiny. He has unveiled a team of advisers, although he has been dogged by a remark to MSNBC in which he said that on foreign matters “I’m speaking with myself, No1, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things”. | |
| Related: On patrol in the DMZ: North Korean landmines, biting winds and tin cans | Related: On patrol in the DMZ: North Korean landmines, biting winds and tin cans |
| Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Republican presidential campaign and its foreign policy flashpoints had become an “embarrassment” to the US abroad. | Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Republican presidential campaign and its foreign policy flashpoints had become an “embarrassment” to the US abroad. |
| Trump previously suggested in a televised interview with CNN that South Korea and Japan should have their own nuclear weapons, in contradiction of more than half a century of American foreign policy. The Republican frontrunner said of that policy: “Maybe it’s going to have to be time to change.” | Trump previously suggested in a televised interview with CNN that South Korea and Japan should have their own nuclear weapons, in contradiction of more than half a century of American foreign policy. The Republican frontrunner said of that policy: “Maybe it’s going to have to be time to change.” |
| At a campaign event in Wisconsin earlier on Saturday, Trump also echoed previous utterances when he said “it’d be fine”” if Nato were to break up. | At a campaign event in Wisconsin earlier on Saturday, Trump also echoed previous utterances when he said “it’d be fine”” if Nato were to break up. |