It would be news because you are talking about the 80s. I don’t understand why you would mix past and present countries when talking about how „we treat them“.

It would be news to me if South Africa had nukes. Also, I think the point the person was trying to make is more about recent states that have or have not gone nuclear, with North Korea being an example of a pariah state.

I gotta say it really sucks for jewish people that the general degeneration of political discourse has resulted in ~every faction becoming more antisemitic. I think that's bad.

Screenshot from BBC News live text coverage of Trump press conference: 19:27 This news conference could go on for a very long time (byline: Gary O'Donoghue, Chief North America correspondent at the White House) This is the president in his most enigmatic and expansive mood. During the campaign this used to be called "the weave" – meandering from subject to subject, often the connections not immediately obvious.

going to use "at my most enigmatic and expansive" to describe the next time I have a few too many wines