Tillerson and Mattis are reportedly trying to hold Trump back from striking North Korea

One has to wonder if Trump would do something like this to detract attention from something like important revelations from the Mueller investigation.

http://www.businessinsider.com/tillerson-mattis-trump-north-korea-strike-2018-1

Alex Lockie
Jan. 8, 2018

The Trump administration is debating a "bloody nose" attack on North Korea, recent reports say, with the president's inner circle split and apparently teetering between endorsing a strike and holding out hope for diplomacy.

Both The Telegraph and The Wall Street Journal have portrayed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis as trying to caution President Donald Trump against a strike, and the national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, as advocating it

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Multiple outlets have reported in the past few months that Trump's team has considered replacing the secretary of state with Mike Pompeo, the current CIA director, who is thought to be on the hawkish side and could shift the balance of opinions in the Oval Office.

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