What Bob Corker’s Fears Over North Korea Tell Us About The Trump Administration
By Julian Hayda, Jerome McDonnellWhat Bob Corker’s Fears Over North Korea Tell Us About The Trump Administration
By Julian Hayda, Jerome McDonnellBob Corker, a powerful Republican senator who runs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been locked in a public feud with President Trump.
The tensions spilled into public over the weekend when The New York Times published an interview with Corker. In it, the senator feared Trump was leading America down a path towards “WWIII.”
Corker has been somewhat of an unofficial foreign policy adviser to President Trump, and his most recent concerns are over going to war against North Korea. Trump has famously promised “fire and fury” against North Korea and alluded offhandedly to a “calm before the storm” with military officials last week.
Politico reported that Corker often had to consult with Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on how to stay rational and distract Trump from provoking other countries.
Yoni Appelbaum, a senior editor at The Atlantic, joins us to discuss.