Trump’s recent threats of "fire and fury" have been "very unusual," Moon Chung-in said in a Sunday interview broadcasted across the US.
"We do not expect that the president of the United States would make that kind of statement. It is a chicken game, but I think what we need right now is mutual restraint. I don’t really see a unified message. We are very much confused. We think the American government has moved from ‘strategic patience’ of the Obama administration into strategic confusion," the presidential aide added.
On April 17, US Vice President Mike Pence declared the "era of strategic patience is over" but allies still wonder what exactly means the US administration intends to do.
Over the weekend, top US military adviser Gen. Joe Dunford said "it would be a horrible thing were war to be conducted here on the [Korean] peninsula," and that as he meets with officials from South Korea, China, and Japan this week he will "sense what the temperature is in the region" and that "we’re all looking to get out of this situation without a war."
After meeting with Dunford and top South Korean military advisers at Cheong Wa Dae on Monday, President Moon promulgated that "a tragic war can never be allowed to break out on the Korean Peninsula again," while adding that he is "sure" that Washington "will keep itself calm and respond to the current situation responsibly."
