A revolution by tweeting?

North Korea has written an open letter to all the parliaments of the world, pleading for help in stopping President Donald Trump, who is threatening to "totally destroy the DPRK". It is incensed that Trump "spit out ignorant remarks of 'total destruction' at the UN General Assembly", which is "an intolerable insult to the Korean people". Not strictly true. South Koreans are worried but not insulted. The letter threatens the US with a nuclear attack. "The DPRK has emerged a full-fledged nuclear power which has a strong nuclear arsenal and various kinds of nuclear delivery means made by dint of self-reliance and self development." An empty threat. North Korea cannot reach the US. South Korea is within reach and, maybe, the island of Guam, but the US can annihilate DPRK with attacks from its aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines. While begging for "international justice and peace" North Korea again issued threats of nuclear annihilation against the US vowing "unimaginable strike at an unimaginable time". Why this incoherent mixture of begging and bluster? Possibly because recent sanctions by the US against 8 North Korean banks and 26 individuals, who were operating in China, Russia, Libya and the United Arab Emirates, have seriously restricted its efforts to earn foreign exchange, to pay for import of essentials. Several countries have thrown out North Korean envoys. Even China, its traditional friend and protector, has cut imports from that country and supplies of oil. A high-ranking former official of North Korea, Ri Jong-ho recently said that the country will collapse as its industries grind to a halt and dwindling earnings are used to make new weapons. "Many people will die," he said. Liberals are infuriated with Trump's tweets but they seem to be unsettling the regime in North Korea, which is used to the weasel words of previous presidents. Kim Jong un may have a vast network of deep underground tunnels to protect himself against an attack, but he cannot live there for an entire lifetime. Americans just have to wait long enough before he reveals himself in search of food. Trump's tweets are unsettling his own party, the Republicans. Recently, Senator Bob Corker has criticised Trump's foreign policy. He feels emboldened because he is not standing for re-election in 2018. John McCain had his revenge on Trump by voting against the Obamacare repeal bill. But what can they do? If they get rid of a Republican president they will be trounced in elections. Seems that Trump will really "drain the swamp", as he promised. Republicans are also part of it.