U. S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missiles program required a «determined response.»
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) — U. S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missiles program required a «determined response, » and that the era of «strategic patience» with North Korea’s government had ended.
«The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed. … Frankly, that patience is over, » Trump said in the White House Rose Garden in a joint appearance with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
«We’re working closely with South Korea and Japan, as well as partners around the world, on a range of diplomatic, security and economic measures to protect our allies and our own citizens from this menace known as North Korea, » Trump said.