Guam governor Eddie Calvo , a Republican, said Trump was being unfairly criticised over his handling of the North Korea crisis.<\/p>\n
HGuam\u2019s leader said Monday that \u201csometimes a bully can only be stopped with a punch in the nose\u201d, in a spirited defence of President Donald Trump\u2019s rhetoric against North Korea which has the island in its crosshairs.<\/p>\n
While Trump\u2019s critics accuse him of inflaming tensions with Pyongyang, Guam governor Eddie Calvo said he was grateful the US leader was taking a strong stance against North Korean threats against his Pacific homeland.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone who grew up in the schoolyard in elementary school, we understand a bully,\u201d Calvo told AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201c(North Korean leader) Kim Jong-Un is a bully with some very strong weapons… a bully has to be countered very strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Calvo, a Republican, said Trump was being unfairly criticised over his handling of the North Korea crisis, which escalated when Pyongyang announced plans to launch missiles toward Guam in a \u201ccrucial warning\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said North Korea had threatened Guam — a US territory which hosts two large military bases and is home to more than 6,000 military personnel — at least three times since 2013.<\/p>\n
He said previous presidents had also used strong words to warn off Pyongyang, pointing out Barack Obama said last year that \u201cwe could, obviously, destroy North Korea with our arsenals\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne president (Obama) said it one way, cool and calmly with a period… the other said fire and fury with an exclamation point, but it still leads to the same message,\u201d Calvo said.<\/p>\n
He rejected suggestions that Trump and the North Korean dictator were as bad as each other when it came to the sabre-rattling playing out in the western Pacific.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell there\u2019s only one guy that has vaporised into a red mist his uncle or a general because he fell asleep in a meeting with an anti-aircraft gun, that\u2019s Kim Jong-Un,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s only one guy that\u2019s killed his brother with one of the most toxic nerve agents ever created, that\u2019s Kim Jong-Un.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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