UPDATED: Trump responds to latest North Korean missile launch: 'All options are on the table'

Source: The Washington Post



By Washington Post Staff August 29 at 7:44 AM

The missile launch early Tuesday angered Japan and escalated tensions on the Korean peninsula.

In a statement early Tuesday, President Trump said, “The world has received North Korea’s latest message loud and clear: this regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and for minimum standards of acceptable international behavior.”

“Threatening and destabilizing actions only increase the North Korean regime’s isolation in the region and among all nations of the world. All options are on the table.”

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UPDATE:

Trump: ‘All options are on the table’ following North Korea missile launch over Japan

By John Wagner August 29 at 8:02 AM

President Trump reiterated Tuesday that “all options are on the table” following North Korea’s latest provocative missile launch, this one fired over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean.

“The world has received North Korea’s latest message loud and clear: this regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and for minimum standards of acceptable international behavior,” Trump said in a statement.

“Threatening and destabilizing actions only increase the North Korean regime’s isolation in the region and among all nations of the world,” he president said. “ All options are on the table.”

Despite the grave warning, Trump’s statement was notably measured in contrast to his response to previous tests of ballistic missile launches by North Korea. After a recent spate, he promised “fire and fury” if the isolated nation continued to provoke the United States.

Trump also said earlier this month that he would make North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “truly regret” harming the United States or its allies.

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