INTERVIEW — LT COL TONY SHAFFER – a CIA trained former senior intelligence officer and the New York Times bestselling author of ” Operation Dark Heart.”

• North Korea accuses Trump of declaring war
• Notion U.S. has declared war on North Korea is ‘absurd,’ White House says. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The North Korean foreign minister’s statement that the United States has declared war on Pyongyang is “absurd,” the White House said on Monday. “We’ve not declared war on North Korea. Frankly, the suggestion of that is absurd,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters.
• North Korea says Trump declared war via tweet. The White House says it didn’t
• North Korea Says It Has the Right to Shoot Down U.S. Warplanes
• NK Foreign Minister: US has declared war.. White House: ‘Absurd’ North Korea is threatening to shoot down U.S. bombers flying in the vicinity of the Korean Pensinsula in response to President Trump’s denunciation of the regime last week. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho justified the threat on Monday by summarizing Trump’s comments at the United Nations, and his ensuing tweet that leaders who threaten the United States “won’t be around much longer” as a “declaration of war.” And Ri called on the U.N. to recognize North Korea’s right to self-defense.