President Trump, please shut up about North Korea

Reckless language might kill us all

President Trump.
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In 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union got in a high-stakes nuclear confrontation because the Soviets had secretly installed ballistic missiles in Cuba. In 2017, the United States and North Korea got in a high-stakes nuclear confrontation because President Trump is the most incompetent, ignorant, reckless bully ever to occupy that office.

He should do the world a favor and plug his big fat mouth.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.