Trump 의 트윗과 달리 미국은 북과의 전쟁 준비가 안되어 있다는 The Atlantic의 오늘 논평중 일부: "American military may have the aircraft to hammer North Korean nuclear sites, but it is also fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, and returning to Europe to bolster deterrence there. The armed services have suffered years of sequester-imposed spending freezes that mean that they have not refurbished their arsenals or engaged in adequate training."