Thanks, Peter.

Mattis, McMaster, Durban, Harris, Kelly, et al are supposed to be the military´s créme de la créme.

Pence seems solid, but sometimes too right wing and reactionary.

Tillerson seems to be out of step with the administration's: " no negotiations before denuclearization" theme which is a complete non-starter for NK.

No sane adult would threaten Guam with missiles directly after Trump's "fire & fury" broadside.  Kim's statement to that effect is further evidence of his desire to spark a disastrous confrontation.

This is likely going to end very, very badly for all parties snared in the maelstrom.