The Jewish Voice | OCTOBER 13, 2017

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Trump Issues Cryptic Warning of “Calm Before the Storm” – Hints of Plans for North Korea and Iran

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pose for pictures with senior military leaders and spouses after a briefing in the State Dining Room of the White House last Thursday. It was on this occasion that President Trump told the gathered media that this was “the calm before the storm.” Media outlets interpreted the cryptic message as a possible change of policy towards the rogue regimes of North Korea and Iran. (Photo Credit: Breitbart.com)

By: Fern Sidman

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fter discussing Iran and North Korea with a cadre of military leaders last Thursday, President Donald Trump posed for a photo with them before dinner and declared the moment “the calm before the storm.” “You guys know what this represents?” Trump said after journalists gathered in the White House state dining room to photograph him and first lady Melania Trump with the uniformed military leaders and their spouses. Gesturing to his guests, he said,

“You guys know what this represents? Maybe it’s the calm before the storm.” “What’s the storm?” asked one reporter.

Gesturing to his guests, Trump said, “You guys know what this represents? Maybe it’s the calm before the storm.” “What’s the storm?” asked one reporter. “Could be the calm before the storm,” Mr. Trump repeated, stretching out the phrase, a sly smile playing

across his face. “From Iran?” ventured another reporter. “On ISIS? On what?” “What storm, Mr. President?” asked a third journalist, a hint of impatience creeping into her voice. Classical music played in the background and tables were set in the nearby Blue Room for a fancy meal. The White House did not immediately reply to a request to clarify Trump’s remark. According to an NYT report of last week, the paper opined that Trump was clearly looking to make some kind of news, but about what, exactly, was not clear. And the mystery, as it often does with a president whose state-

ments baffle even his staff, only deepened the next day. The report indicated that by Friday, the White House was still unable to shed light on the matter; several of Mr. Trump’s aides said they had no idea what the president meant. But the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, wanted to make one thing clear: Mr. Trump wasn’t just teasing his favorite antagonists. He was sending a message. “I wouldn’t say that he’s messing with the press,” Ms. Sanders told reporters. “I think we have some serious world issues here. I think that North Korea, Iran both continue to be bad

actors, and the president is somebody who’s going to always look for ways to protect Americans, and he’s not going to dictate what those actions may look like.” Pushing back against what he perceives to be veiled threats to launch possible military actions on North Korea and the possibility of jeopardizing Middle East peace by “decertifying” the controversial Iranian nuclear deal, Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, charged in an interview on Sunday that President Trump

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