In fiery speech, Donald Trump calls North Korea ‘hell’, warns he has US nuclear submarine ‘appropriately positioned’
Trump speaks at South Korea’s National Assembly, in the first address to the legislature by an American president in nearly a quarter-century
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned against the threats posed by “a country ruled by a cult” in North Korea in a hard line speech aimed at rallying international pressure on Pyongyang over its escalating nuclear weapons programme.
Trump also issued a call to all nations to deny aid and help to North Korea as a way to choke off the rogue regime, saying it was a matter of conscience for the world to stand together against the nuclear threat.
Calling out by name Russia and China – where Trump visits next – he said that all responsible nations must join forces to isolate the brutal regime of North Korea – to deny it any form of support, supply, or acceptance.
He offered a stinging attack on leader Kim Jong-un, calling North Korea “a hell that no person deserves.”
“The longer we wait, the greater the danger grows, and the fewer the options become. And to those nations that choose to ignore this threat – or, worse still, to enable it – the weight of this crisis is on your conscience,” Trump said at South Korea’s National Assembly, in the first address to the legislature by an American president in nearly a quarter-century.
Rallying the world to stand up to the North Korean threat is the central mission of Trump’s trip to Asia. On Tuesday, Trump appeared to temper his often fiery rhetoric toward North Korea, instead calling on them to come to the bargaining table and “make a deal” on its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.