US President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday that the
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday (Apr 13) that the « problem » of North Korea « will be taken care of, » as speculation mounted that Pyongyang might be preparing another nuclear or missile test.
« North Korea is a problem, the problem will be taken care of, » Trump told reporters.
Separately on Twitter he expressed confidence China, Pyongyang’s sole ally, would « properly deal with North Korea. » But, « if they are unable to do so, the U. S., with its allies, will! U. S. A. »
The ominous comments came the same day Trump ordered the dropping of the biggest non-nuclear bomb the US military possesses on Afghanistan, targeting a complex used by the Islamic State group.
A US aircraft carrier and its naval strike group has been diverted to the Korean peninsula.
Trump also flexed his military muscle last week by ordering cruise missile strikes on a Syrian airbase the US believed was the origin of an alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians in a northern Syria town.
There are reports of activity at a nuclear test site in North Korea ahead of Saturday’s 105th anniversary of the birth of the country’s founder Kim Il-Sung.
A US monitoring group, 38North, has described the Punggye-ri test site as « primed and ready.
