Trump To Guam Governor Amid N. Korea Threat: ‘Don’t Worry About A Thing’

Governor Eddie Baza Calvo of Guam speaks to the media in his office in Adelup, Guam on Friday morning, August 11, 2017. The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea's army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an "enveloping fire" around the island. The exclamation came after President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of "fire and fury like the world has never seen." (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
Guam Gov. Guam Eddie Baza Calvo speaks to the media in his office in Adelup, Guam, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea's army threatened to use ballistic... Guam Gov. Guam Eddie Baza Calvo speaks to the media in his office in Adelup, Guam, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea's army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an "enveloping fire" around the island. The exclamation came after President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of "fire and fury like the world has never seen." (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa) MORE LESS
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Following North Korea’s threat this week to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles towards Guam, President Trump spoke with the U.S. territory’s governor over the phone on Friday.

“Mr. President, as the governor of Guam … and as an American citizen, I have never felt more safe or confident with you at the helm,” Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo (R) said to Trump in a video posted to his Facebook page.

I just got off the phone with Chief of Staff General John Kelly and with the President of the United States of America. They called me from the White House this morning and both assured me that the people of Guam are safe. In the President's words they are behind us "1000 percent."As the head of the Government of Guam, I appreciate their reassurances that my family, my friends, everyone on this island, are all safe. God Bless the people of Guam and God Bless the United States of America.

Posted by Eddie Baza Calvo on Friday, August 11, 2017

“Don’t worry about a thing,” Trump said in response. “They should have had me eight years ago.”

Trump went on to say Calvo will become “extremely famous” in light of Guam making headlines lately.

“I have to say, Eddie, you’re going to become extremely famous,” Trump said, with Calvo chuckling in the background. “All over the world they’re talking about Guam and they’re talking about you.”

Trump also praised the possibility of rising tourism in Guam.

“And your tourism, I can say this, your tourism is going to go up like tenfold with the expenditure of no money, so I congratulate you,” Trump said. “It looks beautiful, you know I’m watching…it’s such a big story in the news. It just looks like a beautiful place.”

When Trump told Calvo he seems like a “hell of a guy,” Calvo responded by saying he wishes “there would be less partisanship” and this is a time when “everyone should be unifying behind our president.”

The call came just hours after Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “will regret it fast” if he continues his threats to U.S. territories and allies. Trump tweeted earlier on Friday morning that the U.S. military has solutions “fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely.”

Guam residents have displayed growing concerns over being in the middle of tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.

Guam’s Office of Civil Defense began distributing fact sheets on Friday to help residents prepare for the possibility of a missile attack.

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  1. “Mr. President, as the governor of Guam … and as an American citizen, I have never felt more safe or confident with you at the helm,” Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo ® said to Trump

    Sucking up to get a job in DC and get the hell off of Guam.

  2. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Reads like an Onion piece. Honestly, sounds like two deranged guys talking in an insane asylum.

    North Korea is threatening Guam with a ring of nuclear fire and these idiots are talking about being famous and tourism?? Threats of nuclear war is a joke to them.

  3. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    “Don’t worry about a thing,” Trump said in response. “

    That’s the beginning of almost every horror movie…and every used car sale.

  4. This will figure prominently in Trump’s 4:30 Happy Talk briefing today. No matter he’s already heard it all. He’ll love the replay, possibly almost as much as he loves Apprentice reruns.

  5. Avatar for danny danny says:

    There are millions of us, if not billions, who do not feel more confident or safe with Trump at the helm.

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