Brownfreq worrisome worry worryworryin worrying worse worsened worsens worship worshiped worshipful worshiping worshipped worshippers worshipping worst worstmarked. Rex Tillerson Says Theres No Imminent Threat From North Korea, Americans Should Sleep Well. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Trump are rarely on the same page. But nowhere is that divide more obvious than when the two talk about North Korea. Tillerson is currently on a plane heading from Malaysia to Washington, DC, and just talked to reporters during a refueling stop in Guam. The Secretary of State stressed that he doesnt believe North Korea poses any imminent threat to the United States and that Americans should sleep well at night. This, of course, is welcome news to Americans who went to bed last night thinking about President Trumps threats that North Korea will be met with the fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. But its hard to take seriously when everything else the Trump regime does seems to make the situation worse. North Korea made threats just a few hours after Trumps fire and fury comments. The North Koreans specifically threatened the US territory of Guam, and its strategic American military bases in the South Pacific. The country said that it was studying the possibility of striking Guam with an enveloping fire. But Tillerson insisted that theres really nothing to worry about. CNN correspondent David Write quotes Tillerson as saying that Guam is not the only place that can be under threat, but stressed that they arent overly worried about North Koreas particular rhetoric of the last few days. I think what the president was doing was sending a strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Jong un would understand, because he doesnt seem to understand diplomatic language, said Tillerson. Arthur Invisibles Pc Game on this page. I think the president just wanted to be clear to the North Korean regime that the US has an unquestionable ability to defend itself, will defend itself and its allies and I think it was important that he deliver that message to avoid any miscalculation on their part, Tillerson continued, defending the president. Tillerson and Trump have had vastly different responses to the rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. Tillerson has went so far as to recently insist that the US is not the enemy of North Korea. Trumps most recent rant obviously undercuts that more diplomatic message. So far this morning, Trump has been on a retweeting frenzy, amplifying six tweets from Fox News before 8 0. Eastern time. Three of those retweets are about North Korea, and that flurry of retweeting has led to people waking up this morning to a barrage of frightening news alerts, as evidenced by a screenshot from Tom Namako of Buzzfeed News Hes also tweeted about Americas nukes. The Trump regime all needs to get on the same page, and quick. But if President Trumps past of undercutting the more diplomatic members of his team is any indication, things are going to be messy for a very long time. Lets just hope that this particular type of mess doesnt include a full blown nuclear war. Because as Trump and Kim Jong un each turn up the rhetoric, the world gets less and less safe with each passing day. David WrightCNN and Associated PressUpdate, 1. The State Department just released a transcript of the full discussion between the press and Secretary Tillerson. Were not running out of pixels, so were publishing the entire interaction below. QUESTION Mr. Secretary, President Trump said that North Koreas threats against the United States, if they continue, will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen before. Is this part of a diplomatic strategy or did you find those remarks to be unhelpful SECRETARY TILLERSON Well, I think the U. S. and international community with respect to North Korea has actually had a pretty good week. We had a unanimous UN Security Council resolution strengthening sanctions against North Korea with China and Russia joining us in that vote, and then at ASEAN, a lot of strong statements coming out of ASEAN, and I think also reinforced with a global community that has expressed its view that North Korea really needs to stand down this program. And so I think in response to that, North Koreas rhetoric has just ratcheted up louder and louder and more threatening. So I think the President what the President is doing is sending a strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Jong un can understand, because he doesnt seem to understand diplomatic language. I think the President just wanted to be clear to the North Korean regime on the U. Horse racing Ice hockey Karate Olympics Racing Motorsport Asian Games or Asiad are a multisport event taking place every four years among the athletes from all. Other casting and bracing sites on the internet, including when they last updated. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Trump are rarely on the same page. But nowhere is that divide more obvious than when the two talk about North Korea. S. unquestionable ability to defend itself, will defend itself and its allies, and I think it was important that he deliver that message to avoid any miscalculation on their part. QUESTION Well, one of their one of North Koreas responses was to say its going to direct missiles on Guam. Thats exactly where you are headed right now. Would you consider re routing SECRETARY TILLERSON Well, the North Korean missile capability can point in many directions, so Guam is not the only place that would be under threat. No, I never considered re routing the trip back, and I do not believe that there is any imminent threat, in my own view. QUESTION Do you think theres a longer term threat, specifically about Guam, against the region in generalSECRETARY TILLERSON Well, I hope not. Again, what were hopeful is that this pressure campaign, which the entire world now has joined us in, and with the engagement of China and Russia, two of North Koreas closest neighbors that they can begin to persuade the regime that they needed to reconsider the current pathway theyre on and think about engaging in a dialogue about a different future. QUESTION Have China and Russia been helpful at all to you in the last 2. Have you spoken with your counterparts and have they helped in any way SECRETARY TILLERSON Well, I havent spoken to them since we left Manila, which was, I guess, about a day and a half ago. But we had direct discussions in Manila about the situation. I know that they were having talks as well with the representative from North Korea. I think that is evidence that they have very good, open channels of communication to be able to talk to the regime of North Korea, and we hope that they will be encouraging them to stand down their program and abide by the UN Security Council resolutions, which both China and Russia have voted for in the past. So Im hopeful that they can use their influence and I think they do have influence with the regime to bring them to a point of dialogue, but with the right expectation of what that dialogue inaudible. QUESTION Has anything happened in the last 2. SECRETARY TILLERSON Nothing that I have seen and nothing that I know of would indicate that the situation has dramatically changed in the last 2. QUESTION Do you have any immediate diplomatic plans to de escalate the situation that could have an impact within days instead of months or years SECRETARY TILLERSON Well, we have a very active, ongoing diplomatic effort, most of which is behind the scenes because thats where diplomacy is most effective. We had very open conversations and our telephone lines remain open, certainly, to China and Russia as well as our allies, and I think publicly, weve been pretty clear in our statements directed at the North Koreans as to what we would like to see happen and make clear to them that we do not seek to be a threat to them, but we have to respond to the serious threats that they make towards us.