U.S. President brands Kim Jong-un a ‘madman’ after North Korean leader calls him ‘mentally deranged’
An escalating war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un ratcheted up a notch on Friday as the U.S. President dubbed North Korea's leader a “madman”, a day after the reclusive regime hinted it may explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean.
Hours earlier, in a rare personal attack, Mr. Kim took aim at Mr. Trump, branding him “mentally deranged” and warning he would “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea if challenged, uttered before the United Nations General Assembly.
The verbal clash came a day after Washington announced tougher sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program, on the heels of a Trump speech in which he which he branded Mr. Kim “Rocket Man” and declared him to be on a “suicide mission”. “Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn’t mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!” Mr. Trump posted early on Friday.
Mr. Kim had delivered a tongue-lashing of his own — vowing to “surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire”, in an address read out on state television by a star news anchor before a still image of Mr. Kim at his desk.
Mr. Trump "insulted me and my country in front of the eyes of the world and made the most ferocious declaration of a war in history”, Mr. Kim said, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. “I will make the man holding the prerogative of the supreme command in the U.S. pay dearly for his speech.”
Appeals by China, Russia
Russia and China have both appealed for an end to the escalating rhetoric between Washington and Pyongyang.
On the fringes of the General Assembly, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho told reporters Pyongyang might now consider detonating a hydrogen bomb outside its territory. “I think that it could be an H-bomb test at an unprecedented level perhaps over the Pacific,” he said. Washington on Thursday authorised a tough new raft of sanctions. But analysts say the sanctions show no signs of working, and cautioned that the increasingly ill-tempered and personal exchanges between Washington and Pyongyang did not augur well.
An escalating war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un ratcheted up a notch on Friday as the U.S. President dubbed North Korea's leader a “madman”, a day after the reclusive regime hinted it may explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean.
Hours earlier, in a rare personal attack, Mr. Kim took aim at Mr. Trump, branding him “mentally deranged” and warning he would “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea if challenged, uttered before the United Nations General Assembly.
The verbal clash came a day after Washington announced tougher sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program, on the heels of a Trump speech in which he which he branded Mr. Kim “Rocket Man” and declared him to be on a “suicide mission”. “Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn’t mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!” Mr. Trump posted early on Friday.
Mr. Kim had delivered a tongue-lashing of his own — vowing to “surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire”, in an address read out on state television by a star news anchor before a still image of Mr. Kim at his desk.
Mr. Trump "insulted me and my country in front of the eyes of the world and made the most ferocious declaration of a war in history”, Mr. Kim said, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. “I will make the man holding the prerogative of the supreme command in the U.S. pay dearly for his speech.”
Appeals by China, Russia
Russia and China have both appealed for an end to the escalating rhetoric between Washington and Pyongyang.
On the fringes of the General Assembly, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho told reporters Pyongyang might now consider detonating a hydrogen bomb outside its territory. “I think that it could be an H-bomb test at an unprecedented level perhaps over the Pacific,” he said. Washington on Thursday authorised a tough new raft of sanctions. But analysts say the sanctions show no signs of working, and cautioned that the increasingly ill-tempered and personal exchanges between Washington and Pyongyang did not augur well.
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