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The American NBC News
network revealed
that former US President Donald Trump discussed during his tenure in the White House and behind closed doors in 2017 the proposal to launch a nuclear strike on the Democratic People’s Korea, and accuse another country of the attack, according to what was stated in the new version of the book of journalist Michael Schmidt from the newspaper. (The New York Times).
The network indicated that the new version of the book (Donald Trump v. the United States), which the network obtained a copy of before its publication, provided a comprehensive examination of the life of then White House chief of staff John Kelly, who was concerned about Trump's provocative messages on Twitter about the DPRK and his private conversations about it.
Journalist Schmidt cited, in part of his book, dozens of interviews with former Trump administration officials and others who worked with Kelly. the world like before.
When Trump delivered his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly in September 2017, he threatened to completely destroy the DPRK.
And the book stated that what frightened Kelly more than the tweets was the fact that Trump continued to talk about the same issue behind closed doors in the offices as if Trump wanted to go to war, as he arrogantly discussed the idea of using a nuclear weapon against Pyongyang, and said: If he took such a measure he could The American administration may blame another person and absolve itself of responsibility, according to the new section of the aforementioned book.
Kelly tried to use reason to explain to Trump why this did not work, as he told him: “It would be difficult not to point fingers at us.” According to Schmidt's account in the book, it appears that the Pentagon leaders' attempts to inform the president of the consequences of a hot war between the United States and the DPRK had no effect. on Trump.
The writer explained that Kelly brought senior military leaders to the White House to brief Trump on how the war broke out between the United States and the DPRK, as well as the enormous consequences of such a conflict.
Schmidt wrote in his novel that the debate about the number of people who could be killed had no effect on Trump, but later Kelly came up with a plan that he believes ultimately pushed Trump to back down from the issue in the spring of 2018, as the writer mentioned that Kelly convinced the president that he could He proves that he was the "world's greatest salesman" by attempting to forge a diplomatic relationship with the DPRK, thereby preventing a nuclear conflict that Kelly and other top US military leaders saw as a direct threat to their country.
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