Trump warns U.S. may have to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea
By Reuters
19 September 2017 |
3:35 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to "totally destroy" North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear standoff, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a "rocket man" on a suicide mission.
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