On the Fourth of July in the year 2017, North Korea successfully tested a missile capable of reaching Alaska, posing a serious and unexpected threat to the United States — and apparently disrupting U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's holiday plans. But the ambassador's initial “#ThanksNorthKorea” complaint about Independence Day meetings racked up more than 11,000 replies on Twitter, and there wasn't much sympathy for Haley. They say North Korea had not been expected to deliver a weapon with intercontinental range so soon, and will likely manage to eventually attach a nuclear warhead to one of them. Some noted that Haley's husband is in the National Guard, so the ambassador is likely familiar with the strictures of a military schedule.

Source: Washington Post July 05, 2017 15:48 UTC