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'Tensions to rise' after Trump's North Korea comments
[Al Jazeera] US President Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's highly-combative remarks against  North Korea and its leader at the United Nations...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... will only harden Pyongyang's resolve to continue developing its nuclear programme, analysts have warned. Using what was described as "unprecedented" language, Trump made his debut address at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday. In a wide-ranging, 45-minute speech, his most anticipated foreign policy address of his tenure, Trump vowed that the US would "totally destroy" North Korea if it is forced to defend itself or its allies. He also mocked Kim PudgeJong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... , North Korea's leader, saying: "'Rocket Man' is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. The United States is ready, willing and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary." The sharp escalation in rhetoric came weeks after Trump warned that North Korea will be met with "fire and fury like the world had never seen" if it continues expanding its nuclear programme. "I expected him to talk tough and strong - but I did not expect him to talk quite that tough and quite that strongly," said Donald Kirk, a journalist and author of several books on Korea. He said Trump's remarks made the prospect of negotiations extremely unlikely. North Koreans are not going to back down - if anything they are going to increase the tempo of their programme," Kirk told Al Jazeera from South Korea's capital, Seoul. "I think we can forget about North Korea saying, 'let's go to negotiations.'" Posted by: Fred 2017-09-20 |
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