United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Monday that “the United States is not looking for a fight with North Korea, ” but she did not say definitively that the U. S. would not retaliate if North Korea continued to test missiles and nuclear weapons. In an…
United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Monday that “the United States is not looking for a fight with North Korea, ” but she did not say definitively that the U. S. would not retaliate if North Korea continued to test missiles and nuclear weapons.
In an interview with NBC’s “Today, ” Haley argued that the international community had successfully applied pressure to the country’s ruler, Kim Jong Un, and that his threats against America and its allies were meant to reassure his own citizens.
“He’s just trying to get the confidence of his own people, ” she said, after denying that American threats of military action against Kim could cross what host Savannah Guthrie called “a point of no return, with words.”
“When he does these things, he’s not necessarily doing them to all of us as much as he’s trying to prove to his own people he can handle this, ” Haley continued. “He’s very much feeling the pressure. I think you’ re starting to see him get very paranoid. And I think you’ re seeing pressure come from all parts of the international community.
