During his first address to the United Nations General Assembly this morning, Donald Trump warned Kim Jong Un of North Korea (who Trump has now nicknamed "Rocket Man") that the United States will "totally destroy North Korea" should the rogue nation continues to threaten the U.S.
From the Washington Post:
The president warned of growing threats from North Korea and Iran, and he said, “The scourge of our planet is a group of rogue regimes.”
He praised the U.N. for enacting economic sanctions on Pyongyang over its nuclear and ballistic missile tests. But he emphasized that if Kim Jong Un's regime continued to threaten the United States and to destabilize East Asia, his administration would be prepared to defend the country and its allies.
“We will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea,” Trump said, before calling Kim by a nickname he gave the dictator on Twitter over the weekend. “Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself.”
Please note that this is the president of the United States using a childish nickname to discuss avoiding a nuclear war with world leaders.
Trump also called the UN-backed Iran nuclear deal “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into.”
RT NBCNightlyNews: BREAKING: Pres. Trump: US "will have no choice but to totally destroy" NKorea if forced to defe… https://t.co/An2llesVRj— Amanda Clark (@Amanda_Clark84) September 19, 2017
USA's most embarrassing day in history of the UN.
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) September 19, 2017
Reminder: threatening to kill 25 million North Koreans because you don't like their leader is threatening to commit genocide.— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) September 19, 2017
No one is flying the planehttps://t.co/iB5Mzf3gDv— Sam Thielman (@samthielman) September 19, 2017
No one is flying the planehttps://t.co/iB5Mzf3gDv— Sam Thielman (@samthielman) September 19, 2017
That speech was what Trump voters wanted. Someone not afraid to say what needed to be said. Someone who projects strength without nuance. 1/— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 19, 2017
2/ someone willing to horrify the establishment.— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 19, 2017
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