Nothing New On North Korea Except Donald Trump's Freak-Out | Rachel Maddow

>> HERE'S THE HEADLINE. NORTH KOREA ATTACKS ON U.S.
MILITARY BASES IN PACIFIC OVER BOMBER'S DEPLOYMENT.
NORTH KOREA THREATENS ATTACKS ON U.S. MILITARY BASES IN PACIFIC
OVER BOMBER'S DEPLOYMENT. IF THE U.S. IS RECKLESS,
MISJUDGING THE TREND OF THE TIMES AND THE STRATEGIC POSITION
OF THE DPRK, ALL THE U.S. MILITARY BASES IN APPROXIMATE
THE OPERATIONAL THEATER IN THE PACIFIC, INCLUDING GUAM WILL
FACE RUIN IN THE FACE OF ALL-OUT AND SUBSTANTIAL ATTACK TO BE
MOUNTED BY THE ARMY OF THE DPRK. THAT WAS THE THREAT, THE WEIRDLY
WORDED ALWAYS OVER THE TOP THREAT FROM NORTH KOREA.
THAT WAS THE THREATENING HEADLINE ABOUT NORTH KOREA
SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO HIT GUAM.
THAT HEADLINE WAS NOT FROM TODAY.
IT WAS NOT FROM THIS WEEK. IT WAS FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR
THIS TIME LAST YEAR NORTH KOREA WAS THREATENING TO SHOOT
MISSILES AT GUAM. IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING THIS
WEEK THAT THE REASON OUR PRESIDENT IS ISSUING THESE
THREATS NOW TO START A NUCLEAR WAR WITH NORTH KOREA -- THE
REASON THE THREATS ARE SO SCARY AND THE BRINKSMANSHIP IS SO
INSANE THIS WEEK. IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING THAT
THAT REASON IS BECAUSE OF THE NORTH KOREANS CROSSING A NEW RED
LINE AND THREATENING TO SHOOT MISSILES AT GUAM, IT'S

MAKING THOSE THREATS, BUT IT'S NOT NEW.
THEY THREATEN TO SHOOT MISSILES AT GUAM ALL THE TIME.
>> IT'S A SERIES OF THREATS THAT WOULD FORCE THE U.S. AND SOUTH
KOREA TO PLAN FOR POSSIBLE MILITARY RETALIATION.
THE NORTH KOREANS PUT THEIR LONG RANGE MISSILES ON HIGH ALERT,
AIMED AT MILITARY TARGETS IN GUAM, HAWAII, AND THE U.S.
MAINLAND. >> THAT WAS NOT FROM THIS WEEK.
THAT WAS NOT FROM THIS YEAR. THAT WAS NOT FROM LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS MARCH 2013. NOEFR TIME WHEN THEY WERE
THREATENING GUAM. IT'S REALLY BAD THAT NORTH KOREA
IS THREATENING GUAM. GUAM IS U.S. SOIL.
IT'S REALLY BAD THAT THEY'RE MOUNTING THOSE THREATS.
BUT THEY DO IT A LOT. WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS WEEK IN
TEMZ OF IT FEELING LIKE WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF WAR LIKE NEVER
BEFORE -- WHAT'S DIFFERENT IS NOT THAT NORTH KOREA IS DOING
SOMETHING THEY'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
IT'S NOT HOW THREATENING THEIR BEHAVIOR IS.
I MEAN, THEIR THREATS OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD WEEKS
LIKE THIS IN THE PAST. WHAT IS ACTUALLY UNPRECEDENTED,
WHAT IS TRULY NEW IS THE BEHAVIOR OF THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT. NOT THE NORTH KOREAN DEPOSIT.
DONALD TRUMP THREATENED WAR AGAIN TODAY.
THEN HE ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE SPEAKING WITH THE CHINESE
PRESIDENT TONIGHT AND THEN, I KID YOU NOT, HE SAID, "HOPEFULLY
IT WILL ALL WORK OUT WITH NORTH KOREA."
THEN HE PROCEEDED TO THREATEN NORTH KOREA AGAIN.
WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS WEEK, THIS STRANGE NETHERWORLD OF THREATS
AND OVER THE TOP COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT, ABOUT NUCLEAR
WAR, WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS WEEK IS NOT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING
DEFINITIVELY NEW IN TERMS OF THE NORTH KOREAN THREAT.
ALL OF IT HAS BEEN SPASHEDD WITHIN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT BY A
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. BY A WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE
THAT DESCRIBED ONE CONFIDENTIAL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
REPORT, A REPORT THAT HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICLY RELEASED.
IT'S A REPORT THAT SUPPOSEDLY CONCLUDED THAT NORTH KOREA HAS
MINIATUREIZED A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND CAN FIT ONE ON TO A MISSILE.
NOW, THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT
THAT, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN EXACTLY WRONG ABOUT THIS EXACT THING
BEFORE, AND NO OTHER INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES STILL NOW
ALL THESE DAYS INTO THIS CRAZY PERIOD WE'RE IN -- NO OTHER U.S.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE COME OUT AND PUBLICLY MADE THEIR OWN
CASE THAT SUPPORTS THOSE SAME CONCLUSIONS.
WHAT DOES EXPLAIN THE PRESIDENT THREATENING A WAR AGAINST NORTH
KOREA. WHAT SUPPORTS A CHANGE IN U.S.
POLICY TOWARDS NORTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREA HASN'T CHANGED
REALLY AT ALL? WHAT IS POTENTIALLY STARTING A
WAR OVER THIS, THREATENING EVERY DAY.
JOINING US NOW IS JOSEPH, PRESIDENT OF THE GLOBAL SECURITY
FOUNDATION CALLED THE PLOW SHARES FUND.
I KNOW FROM AN INSIDE SOURCE THAT I AM SCREWING UP YOUR
VACATION, WHICH MAKES ME PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU
ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND I'M SORRY TO YOUR FAMILY.
>> IT'S A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU. >> I WISH YOU A TAN AND A BLUE
FISH TOMORROW TO MAKE UP FOR ALL OF THIS.
>> DONE. >> I FEEL A LITTLE BIT ALONE IN
THE WILDERNESS, WHICH IS WHY I'M PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL HERE.
>> YES. >> IS IT TRUE THAT THERE IS
NOTHING SUBSTANTIVELY NEW FROM NORTH KOREA?
OBVIOUSLY NORTH KOREA IS A MILITARY AND NUCLEAR THREAT.
THEY HAVE BEEN MARGINALLY ADVANCING BOTH IBOTH IN THEIR M
TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY OVER THE YEARS.
THEY HAD ANOTHER MISSILE TEST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
IS IT TRUE THAT THERE'S NOTHING NEW THAT LED TO THIS WEEK?
>> NOT THIS WEEK. YOU ARE RIGHT.
THEY HAVE ACHIEVED THE CAPABILITY TO LAUNCH A BALLISTIC
MISSILE AT THE UNITED STATES. THEY MAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT
A NUCLEAR WARHEAD ON THERE. THEY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RELIABLE
YET. YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT KIND OF
REACTION AFTER THEY ACTUALLY CROSSED THAT THRESHOLD.
WHEN WE HAVE IS A D.I.A. INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT LEAKED
TO THE WASHINGTON POST. I DON'T HEAR TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS LEAK.
IT MAY BE CORRECT. I PERSONALLY THINK THAT IT'S
MORE OR LESS CORRECT. WE DON'T KNOW.
THE D.I.A. SHOULD SHOW THEIR WORK.
WHAT WE NEED IS TO HAVE AN UNCLASSIFIED VERSION OF THIS AND
THE OTHER INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE SLOWLY
LEAKING OUT. LET'S HAVE HEARINGS IN CONGRESS.
CLOSED FOR CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
OPEN SO THE REST OF US CAN HEAR IT.
REMEMBER, WHEN THE BILL GOT TO THE WAR WITH IRAQ, THERE WERE
ALSO THESE INTELLIGENCE STATEMENTS.
IT'S WHEN THEY MADE AN UNCLASSIFIED VERSION PUBLIC THAT
SOME OF US DOUBTED THE INTELLIGENCE, CRITICIZED THIS,
SHOWED THE EXAGGERATIONS. IT DIDN'T WORK TO STOP THE WAR.
MAYBE WE HAVE LEARNED OUR LESSON.
IT IS CERTAINLY TIME FOR US TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS
PARTICULAR ASSESSMENT. >> JOE, THE SORT OF COMMON
WISDOM ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING
MADE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THIS WHITE HOUSE IS THAT
WHILE THE PRESIDENT MIGHT BE UNPREDICTABLE AND MIGHT BE SORT
OF FREELANCING ON THESE ISSUES AND SAYING THINGS THAT COME TO
MIND FOR WHATEVER REASONS, THERE ARE ADULTS ON NATIONAL SECURITY
MATTERS. H.R. McMASTER, ADVISOR,
SECRETARY MATTIS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
THERE ARE ADULTS THERE EXPERIENCED NATIONAL SECURITY
PROFESSIONALS AND THEY'RE THE SORT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD MAKE
SURE THAT THE RIGHT PROCESSES WERE FOLLOWED IF THE UNITED
STATES WERE GOING TO COME TO A WAR FOOTING WITH AN ADVERSARY
LIKE NORTH KOREA OR THAT WE WERE GOING TO MAKE A MAJOR CHANGE IN
OUR STANCE TOWARDS THAT COUNTRY. IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT
THOSE ADULTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION ARE DOING
ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ARE YOU SEEING ANY SIGNS THAT
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EFFORT TO MAKE A CASE TO THE PUBLIC FOR
WHAT IS -- WHAT IS DRIVING THIS RADICAL CHANGE AND THE
BRINKSMANSHIP FROM THE PRESIDENT?
>> I WAS VERY DISTURBED BY THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY TO SEE
THE PRESIDENT TROT OUT HIS SECRETARY OF STATE, HIS NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR, HIS U.N. AMBASSADOR.
BASICALLY AS PROPS. THERE WAS A MILITARY OPTION.
WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? I DON'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE THAT
THE REAL EXPERTS, THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
DOING, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, HAVE CONTROL OVER THIS
SITUATION. THEY ARE BEING DRAGGED BEHIND BY
THE PRESIDENT WHO SEEMS TO MAKE IT UP ON THE FLY.
WHEN HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, WE
DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT, WHAT HE MEANS REALLY IS I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I JUST THOUGHT THIS UP A MINUTE
AGO. THESE WORDS ARE COMING OUT OF MY
MOUTH, AND NOW I'LL LEAVE IT TO MY STAFF TO JUSTIFY AND EXPLAIN
WHAT I'M SAYING. THIS IS TROUBLING ENOUGH WHEN IT
COMES TO THINGS LIKE VENEZUELA. WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT COULD BE
THE LARGEST WAR WE'VE SEEN ON THIS PLANET SINCE WORLD WAR II
AND POSSIBLY A NUCLEAR EXCHANGE, THIS IS DOWN RATE DANGEROUS.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL. THIS IS BIZARRE.
WE ARE WITNESSING THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICAN GRAND
STRATEGY BEFORE OUR EYES. WE'RE WITNESSING THE COLLAPSE OF
AMERICAN CREDIBILITY. NO, I DON'T THINK THE ADULTS
HAVE CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION. >> PRESIDENT OF THE PLOW SHARES
FUND. THANK YOU.
GIVING US ALL A REASON TO NEED ANOTHER VACATION EVEN IF SOME OF
US JUST CAME BACK TO ONE. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE
TONIGHT, JOE. BACK TO YOUR VACATION WITH YOU

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