Trump has promised a get-tough approach on foreign policy.
President Donald Trump said North Korea has been «behaving very badly» as his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was visiting South Korea. | Getty
Trump: North Korea has been ‘playing’ the U. S. for years
By Louis Nelson
03/17/17 09:40 AM EDT
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President Donald Trump said Friday that North Korea has been “behaving very badly” and “’playing’ the United States for years,” a comment on Twitter that came just hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggested the possibility of a preemptive strike against the repressive regime.
“North Korea is behaving very badly,” Trump wrote in a post to Twitter Friday morning. “They have been ‘playing’ the United States for years. China has done little to help!”
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Speaking Friday during his first visit to South Korea as America’s top diplomat, the Associated Press reported that Tillerson said “all of the options are on the table,” including the use of military force, when it comes to U. S. policy towards North Korea. A preemptive strike, Tillerson said, could be appropriate should North Korea’s nuclear missile program escalate to a level “that we believe requires action. »
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