Former President Donald Trump in 2017 privately discussed the possibility conducting a nuclear strike on North Korea and diverting the blame to another country, according to a newly published book.
The paperback version of "Donald Trump v. the United States," by New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt, which will be published next Tuesday, offers more details about the period ofThe book's afterword recounts then-White House chief of staff John Kelly's concern in 2017 regarding Trump's frequent talk of going to war with North Korea, per NBC News.
Trump "cavalierly discussed the idea of using a nuclear weapon against North Korea, saying that if he took such an action, the administration could blame someone else for it to absolve itself of responsibility," Schmidt writes.Kelly tried to dissuade Trump from perusing the option by explaining the economic repercussions of such a move. He also brought in military leaders to explain to Trump the likelihood with which war between the U.S.
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