Trump  during photo shoot talks of 'calm before the storm'
WASHINGTON (AP) —  President Donald Trump  delivered a foreboding message Thursday night  telling reporters as  he  posed for photos with  his  senior military leaders that this might be "the calm before the storm."
White House reporters were summoned suddenly Thursday evening and told  the president  had decided  he  wanted the press to document a dinner  he  was holding with the military leaders and their wives.
Reporters were led hastily to the grand State Dining Room  where they walked into a scene of the president   his  highest-ranking military aides and their wives posing for a group photo. The cameras clicked and they smiled. A joke was made about someone's face being tired. Live classical music played.
Then   Trump  gestured to the reporters in the room.
"You guys know what this represents?"  Trump  asked. "Maybe it's the calm before the storm. Could be the calm  the calm before the storm."
President Donald Trump  right  speaks during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington  Thursday  Oct. 5  2017  with National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster  left  and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis  center. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
 Trump  said "tremendous progress" had been made with respect to the Islamic State group  adding  "I guess the media's going to be finding out about that over the next short period of time."
 He  also denounced Iran  saying the country should not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons  and offered another stark warning to North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
"We cannot allow this dictatorship to threaten our nation or allies with unimaginable loss of life "  he  said  vowing to "do what we must do to prevent that from happening and it will be done  if necessary. Believe me."
 He  also said that  moving forward   he  expects those in the room to provide  him  with "a broad range of military options  when needed  at a much faster pace."
WASHINGTON (AP) —  [TGT]delivered a foreboding message Thursday night  telling reporters as  [TGT]  posed for photos with  [TGT]  senior military leaders that this might be "the calm before the storm."
White House reporters were summoned suddenly Thursday evening and told  [TGT]had decided  [TGT]  wanted the press to document a dinner  [TGT]  was holding with the military leaders and their wives.
Reporters were led hastily to the grand State Dining Room  where they walked into a scene of the president   his  highest-ranking military aides and their wives posing for a group photo. The cameras clicked and they smiled. A joke was made about someone's face being tired. Live classical music played.
Then   [TGT]gestured to the reporters in the room.
"You guys know what this represents?"  [TGT]asked. "Maybe it's the calm before the storm. Could be the calm  the calm before the storm."
President Donald Trump  right  speaks during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington  Thursday  Oct. 5  2017  with National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster  left  and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis  center. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
 [TGT]said "tremendous progress" had been made with respect to the Islamic State group  adding  "I guess the media's going to be finding out about that over the next short period of time."
 He  also denounced Iran  saying the country should not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons  and offered another stark warning to North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
"We cannot allow this dictatorship to threaten our nation or allies with unimaginable loss of life "  he  said  vowing to "do what we must do to prevent that from happening and it will be done  if necessary. Believe me."
 He  also said that  moving forward   he  expects those in the room to provide  him  with "a broad range of military options  when needed  at a much faster pace."