North Korea Threatens 'Merciless Punishment' On US After Trump's 'Foolish Remarks'

Source: International Business Times




BY PRITHA PAUL @ZIGGYZINA143 ON 11/06/17 AT 5:30 AM

North Korea has condemned President Donald Trump’s harsh rhetoric against their leader Kim Jong-un during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on Sunday.

Trump is on a 12-day Asia trip which kicked off in Japan. The visit would see the president discuss the escalating nuclear threat from Pyongyang as part of international dialogue between him and the respective world leaders. A couple of days before the POTUS is scheduled to land in South Korea, he held an official press meet with Abe to address the ever-growing threats of war from Kim’s regime.

“We are working to counter the dangerous aggressions of the regime in North Korea,” Trump said, according to Express. “The regime continues development of its unlawful weapons programs including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic missiles directly over Japanese territory are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability. We will not stand for that, the era of strategic patience is over.” “Some people said that my rhetoric is very strong, but look what’s happened with very weak rhetoric over the last 25 years, look where we are right now,” he added.

Trump did not wait for an official address to launch a verbal attack against North Korea. As soon as he set foot on the Yokota Air Base west of Tokyo, Japan, the president made his primary agenda behind his visit clear.



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