Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to threaten North Korea, writing that the country is "looking for trouble", and that America may step in to "solve the problem".
D onald Trump has taken to Twitter to threaten North Korea, writing that the country is“looking for trouble“, and that America may step in to“solve the problem“.
The messages came as Kim Jong-un’s regime said it was “ready for war“, and the country’s state media warned of a nuclear attack against the United States should America take any military action against them.
Mr Trump is seeking to pressure China to rein in its rogue neighbour. He tweeted that he had told Xi Jinping, the country’s president, who made a state visit to the US last week, that“a trade deal with the US will be far better“ if Beijing solves the“North Korea problem“.
C hina and South Korea agreed at a meeting on Monday to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea should it carry out further nuclear or long-range missile tests. But it remains hesitant to commit to military action.
Pyongyang’s threats came as the Trump administration dispatched a US Navy strike group to the Korean peninsula, following concerns that Kim Jong-un’s regime may soon conduct a sixth nuclear test.
North Korea has been testing military hardware with increasing frequency in recent months, much to the alarm of its neighbours in Japan and South Korea and in violation of UN resolutions.
The re-routing of the US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and three guided-missile destroyers and cruisers from Australia to the West Pacific was seen as a sign of America’s determination to halt the regime’s nuclear ambitions.
