Trump's secret weapon against North Korea: His tweets. Yep, we're all doomed.

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I've never heard someone digging a hole say they can get out of said hole by continuing to dig, but that's pretty much what one Trump adviser claimed our commander-in-tweet would be able to do in regard to North Korea.

As noted by Gizmodo, Trump aide Sebastian Gorka appeared on Fox News on Thursday and said that President Trump still had an ace up his sleeve to prompt China to help out with North Korea: his Twitter account.

Seriously, the first thing out of Gorka's mouth was, "We have the president's Twitter feed."

What the everlasting fresh blue hell is that suggestion? The man who gets himself in more trouble with Twitter than even Anthony Weiner is really going to convince the government behind Earth's most populous country to help us avoid war with North Korea using 140 characters (or less).

Remember, this is how bad Trump is at Twitter with regard to potential allies.

Like China.

Real smooth, Tangerine Dream. Yep, more of these tweets will totally make China want to help us.

Hell, let us help you out and pick a few chestnuts from the past that might sway China to help us avoid a disastrous military conflict with North Korea.

Yes, this is all going according to plan.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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