North Korea

North Korea threatened to sink a US nuclear sub currently deployed in South Korean waters if the US take provocative action, responding to a statement from Donald Trump that the president won’t be “happy” if Pyongyang conducts another nuclear test.

After the US deployed a nuclear-powered submarine and an aircraft carrier to South Korean waters amid high Korean tensions, Yonhap reported that North Korea on Sunday threatened to sink the submarine, accusing America of stepping up military intimidation.

Authored by Chris Martenson via PeakProsperity.com,

The only real constant to be found in both European and US politics is war.  A steady feature of both regions for the past 20+ years has been small, lucrative conflicts waged against countries unable to effectively defend themselves. 

Authored by Adam Johnson via FAIR.org,

Buoyed by a total of 18 speculative verb forms - five “mays,” eight “woulds” and five “coulds” - New York Times reporters David E. Sanger and William J. Broad (4/24/17) painted a dire picture of a Trump administration forced to react to the growing and impending doom of North Korea nuclear weapons.

After a mangled deployment of Trump's aircraft carrier "armada" during which miscommunication between the White House and the Pentagon meant the USS Carl Vinson would arrive off the North Korea coast weeks after what Trump had initially suggested, on Saturday Japan's public broadcaster NHK aired footage of the U.S. aircraft carrier sailing off the coast of Nagasaki prefecture in southern Japan, hours after the latest failed ballistic missile test by North Korea..

Just when you thought it was safe to sink into a tall glass of beer as US government shutdown was avoided, South Korea's Yonhap News reports that the South Korean military has confirmed that North Korea has test-fired another ballistic missile.

(URGENT) N. Korea test-fires a ballistic missile: S. Korean military. https://t.co/Lm8Pl8mz0V

— Yonhap News Agency (@YonhapNews) April 28, 2017