Uh, I believe it was 5 or 6 sanctions passed during Obama's admin.  You think that doesn't "goad" Kim?  Please.  Both previous administrations did nothing to work with other nations, particularly China, and negotiate with N. Korea in a positive way.  It was the typical American bullying.  N. Korea was a recognized problem in the late 1990's, and our Presidents did nothing out of the typical American bullying approach.

Don't try to turn this on me and say I support Trump.  I don't.  What he said was idiotic, and that guy (I won't even call him a man...much less my President) has no clue what he's doing. 

The situation has escalated to the point where now we HAVE to be nice to China.  You can thank Clinton, GW, Obama, and now Trump for that.