North Korea Just Fired a Missile and Secretary of State Tillerson’s Statement Has Everyone Wondering What’s Going On.
‘No Further Comment’
A statement just released by the U.S. State Department has some people freaking out.
Let’s roll the clock back a few hours.
First, CNN posted this tweet, just after 6 PM Eastern today:
BREAKING: A senior WH official on the state of North Korea’s nuclear program: “The clock has now run out and all options are on the tableâ€
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 4, 2017
Then, news came that North Korea today had launched yet another missile, into the Sea of Japan:
BREAKING: South Korea says North Korea has fired a missile into the waters off its east coast.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2017
And then, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s official response:
“North Korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment.”
That has a lot of folks flipping out, or at least wondering what’s going on:
Wow. This statement from Tillerson on North Korea missile launch- US “has spoken has spoken enough about N Korea.” pic.twitter.com/YGY0pr2Bni
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) April 5, 2017
Welp. pic.twitter.com/psOKklv0X6
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 4, 2017
Tillerson’s North Korea statement is so ambiguously bad, unclear whether he’s suggesting we’re about to bomb NK or he just hates his job.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 5, 2017
Uhhhh what does this mean pic.twitter.com/PzRpi6xjVt
— Jessica Schulberg (@jessicaschulb) April 4, 2017
The original draft was just “shit happens.” pic.twitter.com/Rvnjd90pX8
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 5, 2017
This is a peculiar statement, or a non-statement https://t.co/xrTEiVOtg2
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 5, 2017
Wut?!?! pic.twitter.com/8bYAGMklQN
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) April 5, 2017
@HeerJeet What? Is Tillerson trying to get fired or start a war?
— Brian Bruce (@BrianBruce7) April 5, 2017
Tillerson statement on North Korea: pic.twitter.com/KnA2VR2N0M
— SEYCHELLES OBAMA (@SpiritAnimalUS) April 5, 2017
@liamstack Rex Tillerson pic.twitter.com/8nqOEK2SaV
— (((Alex))) (@ac_phila) April 5, 2017
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