President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have exchanged some pretty heated rhetoric as tensions mount due to North Korea accelerating their efforts to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile…
President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have exchanged some pretty heated rhetoric as tensions mount due to North Korea accelerating their efforts to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the United States — this is something Trump has vowed “won’t happen.”
April 19: The Inquisitr reported that state television in North Korea aired chilling footage of the United States being hit by a nuclear bomb in a World War 3 simulation video. The propaganda video aired during North Korea’s Day of the Sun festival.
Thousands sat hypnotized in a grand theater as massive ballistic missiles crashed into a U. S. city, yielding an ear-splitting blast as flames engulfed America. The perfectly orchestrated performance ended with the people of North Korea roaring in unison, overwhelmed with emotion, as a giant fiery mushroom cloud washed over the United States.
April 20: Two U. S. intelligence officials revealed to NBC News that North Korea is in a position to conduct a nuclear test with little or no warning.
April 23: North Korea threatened to sink a U. S. aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, “with a single strike,” according to Reuters .
April 30: President Trump gave North Korean leader Kim Jong Un what some would call a backhanded compliment, when he called him “a pretty smart cookie.”
In the same month, North Korea warned that a “big event” is near, according to NBC News .
While being interviewed on CBS News, Trump called Kim Jong Un a “pretty smart cookie” and noted that Kim came to power at the age of 27 and had to fight to hold on to that power.
May 1: U. S. President Donald Trump said he would meet with Kim Jong Un over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program if the circumstances were right, according to Bloomberg.
May 5: Pyongyang accused the CIA of plotting an assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un.
May 6: North Korea detained its fourth U. S. citizen. Kim Hak-song worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. The news of Hak-song’s detainment was reported by the North Korean state-run news agency, KCNA.
In the past, the United States has accused North Korea of detaining its citizens to use them as pawns.
May 10: North Korea has an “invincible army” and is waiting for an order to wage a “final sacred war” according to the official media outlet for the Central Committee of the Worker’s Party of Korea .
