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In 0bama’s world it would have been ‘well okay’ but in Trump’s world: “Oh hey, you really don’t want to be going there”.

Go where, exactly? I refuses to go behind a WP paywall, but the headline seems misleading and melodramatic. He is not saying that he would start a nuclear war, but rather that they wouldn't sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. What do you think that Trump's reaction to that refusal would be? Given what has happened to countries that played ball (Libya, for example), wouldn't it make more sense for potential adversaries, such as NK, to not sign?

Basically, I don't how this moves the needle, much, if at all. His statement about nuclear war perhaps starting is not a statement of intent, but rather a segue into the point that NK needs to be able to defend itself (not an accurate deduction, but hardly the the-world-is-about-to-end connotation implied by the headline). In fact, while NK may be the most evil, hideous, and cruel government to exist in at least 1/2 a century (if not much more), it is hard to see what is wrong with NK's position on this one. Signing the NPT would be a disaster for them, with no upside. Is there something else in the article that is of importance?

NoKo just wants a nuke free world.
That’s why they they are building A-bombs.
It’s for the children.

Basically Kim is just posturing (IMHO) to keep him and his country on a world stage, otherwise NK would be off in the wilderness and nobody would be really concerned about it.