Washington • I had dreams of fire and fury like the world has never seen. But now I will sleep well, because Rex Tillerson told me I should.
There is no “imminent threat” from North Korea, the secretary of state said Wednesday. “The American people should sleep well at night.”
It was the latest and largest cleanup effort undertaken by President Trump’s aides since this administration took power. Their unorthodox message to an anxious nation and a panicky world: Don’t take seriously what the president of the United States says.
On Tuesday, Trump delivered remarks about North Korea -- words we now know to have been off the cuff -- that pushed the world toward a nuclear standoff last seen in the Cuban missile crisis: “North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States.