Saying that President Trump had already declared war, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho claimed that the rogue nation now has “the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country.”
Ri cited a social media message as a declaration of war by the Trump administration, in which the President said if the foreign minister were to continue echoing the rhetoric of Kim Jong Un, neither of them would “be around much longer.”
Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won’t be around much longer!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017
“Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures,” Ri told reporters in New York, “including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country.”
He added, “The whole world should clearly remember it was the U.S. who first declared war on our country.”
BREAKING: North Korea’s foreign minister says Trump’s latest statement was “a declaration of war” against his country.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 25, 2017
The Trump administration reacted as most people do whenever a North Korean leader speaks – dismissively and with well-deserved ridicule.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said “we have not declared war on North Korea,” and added that any such accusation is “absurd.”
North Korea said one of Trump’s tweets was a declaration of war, but the White House says that’s “absurd.” pic.twitter.com/xjyljfhrHn
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 25, 2017
Following last week’s comments at the UN in which Trump said, “if it is forced to defend itself and its allies, we (America) will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea,” Ri called the Commander-in-Chief “President Evil.”
This coming from a nation controlled by a man who threatened to test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean as a show of force against the U.S.
As the war of words between Trump and North Korea continue to escalate, it’s good to be reminded that we now have a strong leader who is unwilling to back down to threats or intimidation.
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