Tag Archives: North Korea

Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump issued another warning to North Korea on Friday with a reference to American weapons as being “locked and loaded.” “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!” Trump wrote on Twitter, a day after his defense secretary said the …

Media Matters has the transcript from Sean Hannity’s radio show today: THOMAS MCINERNEY: We have no choice, and by the way, if one — if one artillery round comes out of North Korea onto Seoul, he gets our full nuclear retaliatory capability. Make sure he understands that. That artillery is no longer valid, because when we retaliate, we’re going to …

The New York Daily News reports: Americans and North Koreans can agree on one thing this week: President Trump is golfing too much. A North Korean general took a swing at Trump’s favorite presidential activity at the end of the second day of nuclear tensions between their two nations. Speaking on North Korea’s state-run media Wednesday night, Gen. Kim Rak …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump on Thursday ramped up his rhetoric on North Korea again, saying his warning of bringing “fire and fury” on the isolated nation may not have gone far enough. “If anything, maybe that statement wasn’t tough enough,” he told reporters at his New Jersey golf club. On Tuesday, Trump strongly warned Pyongyang against threatening the United …

USA Today reports: State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert will hold a briefing Wednesday on the heels of tense exchanges between the U.S. and North Korea. A day earlier, President Trump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury” in response to reports of a new milestone in the country’s nuclear quest. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported that North Korea’s military …

At least with Rasmussen: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 44% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove. The president has been rebounding this week from his low-to-date approval rating early last week of 38%. The latest figures include 27% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is …

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday said President Trump doesn’t need congressional approval for a military strike against North Korea, but he urged his colleagues to give it “as a last resort.” “It would be very smart if the Congress could come together and tell the president ‘you have our authorization to use military force … as …

“I wanted to clarify that I believe the Bible, especially Romans 13, does give President Trump moral authority to use whatever force necessary, including assassination or even war, to topple an evil dictator like Kim Jong Un. And I believe the Bible is very clear about that. And while President Trump prefers a diplomatic solution to this problem, he’s been …

Reuters reports: North Korea will develop a plan by mid-August to launch four intermediate range missiles at the U.S. territory of Guam before presenting it to leader Kim Jong Un who will make a decision on whether to proceed, the North’s state media said on Thursday. “The Hwasong-12 rockets to be launched by the KPA (Korean People’s Army) will cross …

The Washington Examiner reports: A giant chicken in President Trump’s likeness stared menacingly Wednesday outside the White House back lawn. Taran Singh Brar, a documentary filmmaker and organizer, told the Washington Examiner he received his permit on Tuesday from the U.S. National Park Services after he was “slow-walked” by the agency. Brar said he kept showing up until the permit …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump was speaking in his own words when he vowed to retaliate against North Korean aggression with “fire and fury,” but top advisers were aware of the tone he planned to strike, a White House spokeswoman said Wednesday, as the administration sought to provide clarity on its strategy on the Korean Peninsula. “The words …

USA Today reports: State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert will hold a briefing Wednesday on the heels of tense exchanges between the U.S. and North Korea. A day earlier, President Trump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury” in response to reports of a new milestone in the country’s nuclear quest. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported that North Korea’s military …

The Independent reports: US Secretary of Defence James Mattis has warned North Korea to “cease any consideration of actions that will lead to the end of the regime and destruction of its people”. Mr Mattis issued the stern warning one day after the Washington Post reported that North Korea had developed miniaturised nuclear warheads that could be capable of striking …

From the right wing Washington Free Beacon: Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, said Wednesday America is no longer just a world superpower, but is now a “hyper power.” Co-host of “Fox & Friends” Steve Doocy read two tweets that had just moments ago been posted by Trump to his personal Twitter account. “All right, so what’s he …

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump is not backing down from his nuclear rhetoric. On Wednesday the President of the United States tweeted a pointed warning to North Korea, saying that the U.S. nuclear arsenal had been overhauled under his watched and that U.S. capabilities were “far stronger and more powerful than ever before.” The tweets are a remarkable doubling down of …

CNBC reports: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he doesn’t believe there is “any imminent threat” from North Korea, including to the U.S. territory of Guam. Tillerson says that “Americans should sleep well at night.” He says that they should “have no concerns about this particular rhetoric of the last few days.” Tillerson spoke to reporters Wednesday after President Donald …

Reuters reports: North Korea said on Wednesday it is “carefully examining” a plan to strike the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam with missiles, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump told the North that any threat to the United States would be met with “fire and fury”. A spokesman for the Korean People’s Army, in a statement carried by the …

Phoenix’s KTAR reports: U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday that President Donald Trump must tread cautiously when issuing threats to North Korea if he is unprepared to act. “I take exception to the president’s comments because you got to be sure you can do what you say you’re going to do,” he told KTAR News. Earlier Tuesday, Trump said …

Do you feel reassured? CBS News reports: President Trump addressed the ongoing crisis between the U.S. and North Korea at a briefing on opioids in New Jersey on Tuesday, issuing a stern warning to the regime for its continued provocations. “North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States,” warned Mr. Trump from his golf club in …

The Washington Post reports: North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded in a confidential assessment. The new analysis completed last month by the Defense Intelligence Agency comes on the heels of another intelligence assessment …