President Trump Calls Guam Governor to Reassure Him of US Commitment

The phone call between President Trump and Guam Governor Eddie Calvo may have been about assuring the island the US government completely supports them, but it is amazing how many news headlines I saw that focused on the joke Trump made about how the current tensions will improve Guam tourism:

Eddie Calvo

If there’s one thing that Guam does not have to worry about while the tiny island is in the nuclear cross hairs of North Korea, it’s tourism, President Trump told the island’s governor in a phone call made public on Saturday.

The threat by North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to create “an enveloping fire” around the tiny United States territory in the Western Pacific will bolster Guam tourism “tenfold,” Mr. Trump said in the recorded conversation with Gov. Eddie Calvo.

The recording was put on the Republican governor’s Facebook page and other social media accounts.

Mr. Trump said: “I have to tell you, you have become extremely famous all over the world. They are talking about Guam; and they’re talking about you.” And when it comes to tourism, he added, “I can say this: You’re going to go up, like, tenfold with the expenditure of no money.”  [New York Times]

You can read more at the link and watch the video of the phone call below:

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Liz
Liz
6 years ago

Has the DPRK said they were going to shoot missiles into Guam’s territorial sea waters before?

Tbonetylr
Tbonetylr
6 years ago

DUUUH Liz of course Ever hear of Google? How many links do you want? GI Korea probably posted about it or I commented on March 23 open thread 2013?
http://pacificnewscenter.com/north-korea-threatened-guam-numerous-times-in-the-past/

This Isn’t The First Time North Korea Has Threatened Guam
https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/08/09/this-isnt-the-first-time-north-korea-has-threatened-guam/#38cdbee9fd86

Liz
Liz
6 years ago

Thanks, GI Korea.

Tbonetylr
Tbonetylr
6 years ago

@ GI Korea I don’t usually comment on your posts because they bore me, you bore me. The vast majority of my comments are on “Open Tfreads” so ALL my links are relevant since you say…”Please leave anything you want to discuss in the comments section.”

Smokes
Smokes
6 years ago

Tbone said “they bore me, you bore me”.
Get the F to the mother funking UCK out of here! :hmm:

RokDrop is everything to you dude, I think it means more to you than it does to GI; and it’s his site!

You are on here more than anyone, possibly more then the average 2 – 3 regulars combined. I guarantee that at the end of the day when they shut down the prison library you’re accessing RokDrop from and return to your cell… when the PA announces “lights out!” and your shaved tattooed head hits the pillow as you hold your “don’t rape me” shank close to your chest and think…

“Yeah.. I showed those random 10 – 12 people on RokDrop! I’ll do it again tomorrow too!”

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