Sources to CNN: During Puerto Rico visit, Trump talked about using nuclear football on North Korea

[DonViejo]

Sources to CNN: During Puerto Rico visit, Trump talked about using nuclear football on North Korea

By Jim Acosta and Kevin Liptak, CNN

Updated 6:18 PM ET, Thu March 28, 2019

(CNN) - He was there to survey the path of destruction left by Hurricane Maria. But when President Donald Trump visited Puerto Rico in October 2017, the island's dire predicament was hardly the only topic on his mind.

People familiar with the visit said the President was distracted by other matters -- including his then-devolving war of words with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -- as he toured devastated neighborhoods and took an aerial tour of the damage.

At one point, Trump pointed to the "nuclear football" -- a briefcase always in the President's vicinity that can be used to authorize a nuclear attack -- and claimed he could use it on Kim whenever he felt.

"This is what I have for Kim," he said, according to three people familiar who witnessed the remark.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on the incident.

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[Blues Heron]

1. OK that's it - get this guy out of our house.

that is WTF psycho.

[Funtatlaguy]

3. Yeah, but Pence wants to nuke the Middle East to bring back Jesus.

Tomato, tomatoe.
Six of one (nuclear blasts), half a dozen of another (billion killed).

[Blues Heron]

4. We'll deal with Pence if we have to

I don't think Pence is quite the same category of nutso as this guy. Not even close. More like 11 of one, one twelfth of the other. Trump goes up to 11.

[Vinca]

2. That's terrifying. Two nuts with nuclear weapons.