Balance of Power: Bluster, Strategy and Dealing With North Korea

Bluster or Strategy?

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Donald Trump is making his penchant for verbal combat a key part of his strategy toward North Korea as the face-off over Pyongyang’s weapons program intensifies.

A day after his threat to unleash “fire and fury” against Kim Jong Un’s regime, the president's advisers said his rhetoric was part of a calculated shift away from what they consider decades of unsuccessful policies by previous administrations.