Donald Trump finally explains what he meant by ‘calm before storm’
Especially when he repeatedly refused to explain what he meant, simply telling reporters: ‘You’ll find out’. But now, in an interview with Fox News, Trump finally shed light on that comment. He said: ‘We can’t let this to go on. We just can’t’, while adding that China has been very helpful in the situation. ‘They cut off banking to North Korea.’
Trump made the ‘calm before the storm’ comment during a photo opportunity before having dinner with American military leaders and their wives. The dinner followed a meeting in which Trump and the military leaders discussed Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan and the fight against Islamic State. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders also refused to say what Trump meant. When asked whether Trump was just being mischievous, Sanders denied he was just ‘messing with the press.’
She said: ‘I think we have some serious world issues here. I think that North Korea, Iran both continue to be bad actors and the president is somebody who’s going to always look for ways to protect Americans.’ Leon Panetta, a former defence secretary and CIA director, said Trump’s remarks were not something to worry about.
He told CNN: ‘You begin to assume that it’s more about getting attention than it is about proclaiming some kind of national policy. ‘I don’t think it’s responsible…but I think in this instance we probably all should take a deep breath and try to assume he’s just making a play for attention. ‘There is no indication that there is a strategy or a policy behind that statement.’
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