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| North Korea's foreign minister: Trump has declared war on our country | |
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| North Korea’s foreign minister has said Donald Trump had declared war on the country and said that Pyongyang reserves the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down US strategic bombers even if they are not in the country’s air space. | |
| “The whole world should clearly remember it was the US who first declared war on our country,” foreign minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters in New York. | “The whole world should clearly remember it was the US who first declared war on our country,” foreign minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters in New York. |
| “Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country.” | “Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country.” |
| On Saturday, Ri told the U.N. General Assembly that targeting the U.S. mainland with its rockets was inevitable after “Mr Evil President” Trump called Pyongyang’s leader a “rocket man” on a suicide mission. | |
| Hours later, Trump tweeted: | |
| Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer! | |
| In his bellicose first address to the United Nations general assembly last week, Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea and repeated his warning that said the US was “ready, willing and able” to take military action. | In his bellicose first address to the United Nations general assembly last week, Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea and repeated his warning that said the US was “ready, willing and able” to take military action. |
| “The US has great strength and patience,” Trump said. But he added: “If it is forced to defend ourselves or our allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.” | “The US has great strength and patience,” Trump said. But he added: “If it is forced to defend ourselves or our allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.” |
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