President Trump’s insults of North Korea’s leader make war more likely, the country’s foreign minister says.
North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong Ho warned Saturday that it is “inevitable” that his country will launch a missile toward the mainland United States in revenge for the insults President Trump has directed at leader Kim Jong Un.
“None other than Trump himself is on a suicide mission,” Ri said in a speech before the U. N. General Assembly — turning the tables on Trump’s accusation that Kim is suicidal. The insults make “our rocket’s visit to the entire U. S. mainland inevitable all the more.’’
On Tuesday, Trump had used the same forum to mock Kim as “Rocket Man” and warn that the U. S. would “totally destroy” North Korea if attacked.
The mudslinging continued in the same vein in Ri’s speech. He taunted Trump as “President Evil” and called him a “mentally deranged person full of megalomania… who has turned the White House into a noisy marketplace full of crackling sounds.»
Earlier in the day, the Pentagon announced that American bomber and fighter jets flew along North Korea’s eastern coastline in a predawn «show of force» that was closer to the rogue nation’s border than any other mission this century.
Dana White, chief Pentagon spokeswoman, said in a statement Saturday that U. S. B-1 bomber and F-15 fighter jets launched from airfields in the region and flew in international airspace over waters east of North Korea.
«This mission is a demonstration of U. S. resolve and a clear message that the president has many military options to defeat any threat,» White said.
