In what has to be the equivalent of Goliath threatened by an ant, North Korea is issuing a final ultimatum to the United States.
In defiance of both former President Barack Obama and current President Donald Trump, the communist state has continued conducting nuclear weapons tests. North Korea has conducted a total of five nuclear tests, in 2006, 2009, 2013 and twice in 2016. There have also been a number of ballistic missile tests, with the possibility that some could reach America’s West AND East coasts.
Donald Trump is losing patience with North Korea, and more so with their trade partners. He tweeted out the following after the latest ballistic missile test:
I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017
…they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017
So what are our options? We have all the technology to intercept any missiles that North Korea can fire at our country, and wiping the entire nation off the map would literally take minutes. Hilariously, despite the power imbalance, North Korea is giving Trump a “way out,” speaking to him as if North Korea has all the leverage in their “deal.”
Kim Jong-un launched the thinly veiled threat in the wake of its latest ICBM test as tensions reach breaking point between Pyongyang and Washington. North Korea’s state media declared the US was sitting on the “knife edge of life and death” as it appeared to threaten nuclear war.
The White House led the world in condemning Pyongyang’s unstoppable quest of nuclear weapons, amid fears their new missiles can strike the continental US. Today, one of US President Trump’s top advisors H.R McMaster warned Kim to “not sleep easily at night” as the peninsula faces conflict.
Kim is marching the region towards a nuclear conflict despite increased sanctions and calls for calm from old allies Russia and China.
North Korea’s latest war rant was published in state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun – which often carries threats against the US.
Pyongyang believes securing nuclear weapons will secure the rule of regime of the Kim family against Washington and South Korea.
H/T Daily Star
Well, good luck with that.
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