Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo applauded President Donald Trump’s stern response to rain down “fire and fury” on North Korea should they launch an attack on the U.S. or its allies, but warned warmongering could be dangerous.
During an interview earlier this month with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, Calvo said for Guam’s 160,000 residents — who are American citizens — “there is concern,” but at the same time, “there is no panic.”
“We encourage everyone to go through their lives and live them like you would do any other day,” Calvo said.
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He added: “As far as I’m concerned, as an American citizen, I want a president that says that if any nation such as North Korea attack Guam, attack Honolulu, attack the West Coast, they will be met with hell and fury.”
Calvo also blasted Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., for saying that a war against North Korea would be fought in the Pacific region, not in the continental United States.
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During an Aug. 9 appearance on CBS This Morning, Graham said he doesn’t want war with North Korea, but added “if there’s going to be a war, it’s going to be in the (Pacific) region, not here in America.”
“War is the last option,” Calvo said when asked about Graham’s remarks, adding many people overlook the hundreds of thousands of people on American soil in Polynesia and in other parts of the region that would be harmed if the U.S. went to war with North Korea.
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"The time for talking is running out… and if there's a war, it will be in the region. Not in here America," @LindseyGrahamSC says. pic.twitter.com/S31f26Pl3y
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 9, 2017
In a brief statement Aug. 10, Trump said North Korea should be “very, very nervous” about even thinking of launching an attack against the United States or its allies.
“They’ve been doing this to our country for a long time, many years. It’s about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries.” Trump said.
North Korea is now believed to possess an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching several major U.S. cities, and could soon be able to launch a reliable, nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un backed down Aug. 15 from threats to fire ballistic missiles at the U.S. territory of Guam, according to North Korean government-controlled media.
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