On the recordOctober 10, 2017
$15 billion for a wall. I thought Mexico was going to pay for it. Mr. Speaker, President Trump is playing a dangerous game with North Korea. He is playing a dangerous game with American lives. The President probably thinks he is being clever when he taunts Kim Jong-un and calls him ``little rocket man.'' The President probably thinks he is a tough guy when he threatens to rain down fire and fury on North Korea. But the President is not clever, and he is not tough. A clever President would know that peace is preferable to war. A tough President would understand that threatening war with a highly armed, petty dictator makes the United States look weak and risks American lives. President Trump's saber-rattling could draw the country into nuclear war that no one wants. If the United States is drawn into a war for the President's ego, people will die, Americans will die, and thousands, if not millions, of North Koreans will die. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mitchell). Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President. ____________________
