ES Views Letter of the Day: Defuse the tension over North Korea

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Dangerous game: North Korea’s missile tests are infuriating the US President

10 August 2017

After studying the Cold War, I would never have imagined anything like it could happen today. But the tension between the United States and North Korea already seems to be reaching a concerning level.

This is the result of electing Donald Trump — a hot-headed, irrational character — as President, combined with the dangerous ideology of Kim Jong-un. For most leaders, nuclear weapons are simply a threat. But in a game of brinkmanship between Trump and Kim Jong-un, who is to say either will back down before using them?

The UK must act in to reduce the tension before it is too late.
James Noble

Donald Trump, the commander-in-chief of an army with an arsenal of 6,800 nuclear warheads, has threatened North Korea “with fire and fury like the world has never seen”. Will Theresa May denounce his threat of nuclear armageddon?
Sasha Simic

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