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Presidential Cyberbullying

CNN posted the article: North Korea could test hydrogen bomb over Pacific Ocean, says foreign minister on Friday September 22nd. The articles discusses President Trump's and North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un's, recent online tiff. Much like high school girls both national leaders recently issued statements online that scalped each other. At a recent UN General Assembly on Tuesday Trump made a speech in which he threatened to"totally destroy" North Korea. In an unprecedented response Kim released a televised statement saying that Trump would "pay dearly" for the threats, and that North Korea "will consider with seriousness exercising of a corresponding, highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history." He goes on to state "I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire." Moments later after deliberating his speech Kim's foreign minister told reporters in New York that Pyongyang could launch a nuclear missile test in response. "This could probably mean the strongest hydrogen bomb test over the Pacific Ocean." In response to this threat, Trump said on Twitter: "Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind killing or starving his people, will be tested like never before!" Obviously both leaders have gotten under each others skin but the manner in which everything has been carried out seems very childlike. While this heated exchange seems almost comical it is important to grasp the very real and serious repercussions that have yet to come.

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