Two-thirds of respondents opposed launching a pre-emptive attack against North Korea, while about three-quarters supported using tougher economic sanctions on Pyongyang as a way of pressuring the country to surrender its nuclear arsenal. “Who could be telling Trump otherwise?”Yet current and former senior officials said it was clear that Mr. Trump would continue his brinkmanship, particularly his belligerent tweets, no matter what his advisers do or say. “He should have been handled a long time ago,” Mr. Trump said, “but I’m going to handle it because we have to handle it: Little Rocket Man.”“I’m sure he’s listening, because he watches every word,” Mr. Trump added. “If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man,” Mr. Trump wrote of Mr. Ri, “they won’t be around much longer!”Ms. Terry said such menacing talk could put Mr. Trump into a box. “We’re dealing with somebody that we’ll figure out,” Mr. Trump said at the rally on Friday.

Source: New York Times September 24, 2017 23:06 UTC