How does everyone think Hillary would have handled this crisis? DPRK's technology has come on leaps and bounds in the past year. They've successfully launched an ICBM in July and now claim they've miniaturized a nuke.

Trump has been more confrontational towards China than his predecessor, entrenching the US ever deeper in the Great Game. Instability in Europe, with Germany and Turkey pivoting towards Russia and the UK fatally divided means that for Trump a roll of the dice on the Great Gaming table is a risk worth taking.

DPRK's closest ally is China. This is a proxy war, an arm wrestle between the Middle Kingdom and the Land of the Free.

I believe that this tussle was inevitable. Hillary is known for her love of China - does anyone here believe that she would have reacted differently to the DPRK's enhanced offensive capabilities?