Trump and Kim, stop it!

I think enough is enough. Please, Trump and Kim, stop all this dangerous hate rhetoric. The world doesn't just centre around you two. There are billions of us lesser mortals who would like a peaceful life without having to think of nuclear war in our daily activities and thoughts. The war of words has now got to a point where both Trump and Kim Jong-un need to step back. Neither is going to concede an inch, I understand that, but shouting at each other COULD lead to a military disaster. So, give it a rest. Meanwhile, please someone explain to me what China is up to. Beijing professes to want to be a global power but without taking any responsibility for anything outside its own selfish interests. President Xi Zinping wants to go down in history as a great leader but he is failing to make the moves that will end this potential calamity across its borders in North Korea. He is playing footsie footsie diplomacy even though he has a big stick in his cupboard. Why not take courage into your hands and pay a visit to Pyongyang and get hold of this miscreant nuclear bombmaker and teach him the facts of life. Not on behalf of Trump and the United States but on behalf of the world - in other words, us lot. I don't think he will, because he doesn't have the leadership qualities or the vision to do anything that might help the globe - apart from his climate change acquiesence. I think he likes having a troublesome nuclear bombmaker on his doorstep because it helps to keep the US at bay. Kim's ballistc missiles and nuclear warheads are a better deterrent to America's perceived interference in the Asia-Pacific than China's anti-carrier missiles and South China Sea island-building. That's why Xi Zinping won't move a muscle, and that's why he will never be a great global leader. In the mean time, the rhetorical insults from Washington and Pyongyang must stop. But of course that will not stop the Pentagon's military planning. Kim knows that, but can't he see that it's pretty stupid to invite Trump to blast his little kingdom to hell. Then we all lose, including the self-satisfied Chinese government.