Trump's North Korea phone call defended by Guam governor

There should be a "more aggressive position from all
countries" in dealing with North Korea, the governor
of Guam has told Sky News.
On the eve of military drills in the Asia-Pacific region
which North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could view
as provocative, Eddie Calvo also told us about his
take on a phone call from President Trump, who said
the crisis - which has seen North Korea threaten to
strike the US territory with missiles - could be good
for tourism.
When I asked the governor if he thought the
comment was flippant in the face of a possible
nuclear war, he said: "I didn't take it as an insult.
"Some people in parts of the world are saying he's
taking it lightly but that's how the President says
things."
The governor of Guam wants a more aggressive
stance with North Korea
Speaking to Sky News exclusively in the kitchen of
his personal home, where he got the call, Mr Calvo
told us he had been in the garden tending his
chickens when he got the call from Mr Trump.
He said there had been a call from the Situation
Room from chief of staff John Kelly a few minutes
before - but he had no idea the President himself
was about to then phone.
He said: "When your son comes to you and says:
'Dad, the President is on the phone,' you don't try to
keep the President waiting. So I moved as quickly as
I can to get in here and take the call.
"In the typical language he uses he said we're a
thousand per cent we're safe.
"For me, the President calling to the governor of a
territory that's threatened gives reassurance that all
is well and that's comforting."
North Korea said it was drawing up plans to fire four
missiles into the sea off Guam - and in a high stakes
war of words with the US, Mr Trump told Kim Jong
Un he would unleash "fire and fury" on North Korea if
it threatened America or its allies.
Mr Calvo said: "Terrorists want to get you to break
your life pattern so that you are in a state of fear. I
think Kim Jong Un also works that way.
"If the objective was fear, the objective has not been
met. So for all those critics of the conversation, if we
were to show panic and fear and change our lives
because of threats made for Kim then half the battle
has been won.
"So I'm glad our President called us up and said
Guam is a beautiful place."
With military drills in the region having the potential
to reignite the war of words - or worse - Mr Calvo
said of the North Korean leader: "This man is
dangerous and we can not see him in charge of
nuclear weapons.
"I think even China and Russia figured that out
because of the most recent vote in the nations for
the toughest sanctions ever.
"I think it's time for strategic patience to end... and
now there has to be a more aggressive position from
all countries including US, Japan and South Korea,
but also China and Russia to ensure that there is
now a move in the opposite direction to take nuclear
technology and ICB weapons away from North Korea.
"Everything short of war."

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