Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S. C.) says there’s a high probability that President Trump could attack North Korea if the country tests another nuclear bomb.
Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamGOP and Dems bitterly divided by immigration We are running out of time to protect Dreamers US trade deficit rises on record imports from China MORE (R-S. C.) says there’s a high probability that President Trump Donald John TrumpHouse Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for ‘serious case of amnesia’ after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don’t want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE could attack North Korea if the country tests another nuclear bomb.
Graham told The Atlantic in an interview published Thursday he believes there is « a three in 10 chance we use the military option” if the country conducts another long-range ballistic missile test. He said the odds Trump attacks jump to « 70 percent » if North Korea detonates another nuclear bomb.
“I don’t know how to say it any more direct: If nothing changes, Trump’s gonna have to use the military option, because time is running out,” said Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The foreign policy hawk said it would be an « all-out war against the regime » in that case.
“There is no surgical strike option. Their [nuclear-weapons] program is too redundant, it’s too hardened, and you gotta assume the worst, not the best. So if you ever use the military option, it’s not to just neutralize their nuclear facilities — you gotta be willing to take the regime completely down,” he said.
