Trump issues stern warning to North Korea: 'Do not try us'

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Trump issues stern warning to North Korea: 'Do not try us'

By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick

 

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in bilateral meetings with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Wednesday "do not underestimate us and do not try us" as he vowed that the United States would defend itself and its allies against Pyongyang’s nuclear threat.

 

Trump issued a stern message to North Korea that Washington "will not be intimidated" as he wrapped up a visit to South Korea with a speech to the National Assembly in Seoul. He urged countries around the world to join together to isolate Pyongyang by denying it "any form of support, supply or acceptance".

 

"We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction. We will not be intimidated," he told South Korean lawmakers. "And we will not let the worst atrocities in history be repeated here, on this ground we fought and died to secure."

 

"The world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens it with nuclear devastation," Trump said.

 

Trump returned to tough talk against North Korea a day after he appeared to dial back some of his bellicose rhetoric and instead took more of a carrot-and-stick approach.

 

He warned Pyongyang on Tuesday of the U.S. military buildup he has ordered in the area but also offered it a diplomatic opening to "make a deal".

 

The speech came after Trump's attempt to make an unannounced visit to the heavily fortified border separating North and South Korea was aborted earlier on Wednesday when dense fog prevented his helicopter from landing, officials said.

 

Trump tried to travel to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) - the doorstep of the North Korean nuclear standoff – on the final day of a 24-hour visit to ally Seoul. He was then due to fly to China, where U.S. officials say he will press a reluctant President Xi Jinping to tighten the screws further on Pyongyang.

 

However, Trump and his entourage had to turn back when the weather made it impossible for his helicopter to land in the border area, the White House said. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders described Trump as disappointed and frustrated at having to abandon the visit.

 

A visit to the DMZ, despite his aides' earlier insistence he had no plans to go there, would have had the potential to further inflame tensions with North Korea.

 

Trump's earlier threats to "totally destroy" North Korea if it threatened the United States, and the personal insults he exchanged with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after the North's most recent missile and nuclear tests, had raised fears in the region of military conflict.

 

(Additional reporting by Christine Kim, Josh Smith and Soyoung Kim in SEOUL, Ben Blanchard and Benjamin Kang Lim in BEIJING, and Mike Stone in WASHINGTON; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-11-07

[Rancid]

I mean you just couldn't make this nonsense up. Little backward N Korea is threatening the largest war machine in the planets history? In the last Korean war a third of their entire population was massacred, do we really think N Korea doesn't believe Trump has the stomach to finish off the rest of them? This is about leave us alone, not we are coming to get you.

[Tradewind777]

This farcical David and Goliath situation has to be seen for what it is: satisfying the needs of two self-absorbed leaders creating a strong image of themselves for their respective domestic audiences. Trump’s aggressive stance is only inflaming things. You don’t treat wrongdoing with threats of more wrongdoing. Ignore the little pr!ck and let him get his rocks off via another channel. 

[car720]

2 hours ago, Rancid said:

I mean you just couldn't make this nonsense up. Little backward N Korea is threatening the largest war machine in the planets history? In the last Korean war a third of their entire population was massacred, do we really think N Korea doesn't believe Trump has the stomach to finish off the rest of them? This is about leave us alone, not we are coming to get you.

The mouse who roared comes to mind.  Though that was a comedy worth watching.  This one is not.

[SiSePuede419]

And then in his next breath, Trump promoted his New Jersey Golf Course during a speech to the South Korean Parliament. ?????????
https://twitter.com/adolfoyee/status/928155820604493824

[Thaidream]

It's not about leave us alone. It's about a rogue country which enslaves its population; sells drugs on the World market to gain foreign currency so its elite cadre can  live an elite life and has the potential to sell weapons of mass destruction to terrorists that would then use them to destroy Western civilization. If it was just about leave us alone- the US would gladly do so.  It's time for NKorea and America to sit down and work out the details of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

 

 

[mrwebb8825]

14 hours ago, Thaidream said:

It's time for NKorea and America to sit down and

think this has been tried before, like 40 yrs worth. time to just kick the door in and end it.

[lock18march]

14 hours ago, Thaidream said:

 

It's not about leave us alone. It's about a rogue country which enslaves its population; sells drugs on the World market to gain foreign currency so its elite cadre can  live an elite life and has the potential to sell weapons of mass destruction to terrorists that would then use them to destroy Western civilization.

 

So much for America. What about north korea?

[quadperfect]

15 hours ago, Thaidream said:

It's not about leave us alone. It's about a rogue country which enslaves its population; sells drugs on the World market to gain foreign currency so its elite cadre can  live an elite life and has the potential to sell weapons of mass destruction to terrorists that would then use them to destroy Western civilization. If it was just about leave us alone- the US would gladly do so.  It's time for NKorea and America to sit down and work out the details of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

 

 

I agree but it wont happen. Kim will rather die. Taking as many as he can with him.

War seems like its just hours away

[baboon]

1 hour ago, quadperfect said:

I agree but it wont happen. Kim will rather die. Taking as many as he can with him.

War seems like its just hours away

Relax. It isn't. 

[car720]

20 hours ago, Thaidream said:

It's about a rogue country which enslaves its population; sells drugs on the World market to gain foreign currency so its elite cadre can  live an elite life

You could take your  pick of a lot of countries doing this or maybe we are talking about the Rothchilds again.

[craigt3365]

On 11/8/2017 at 12:38 PM, Rancid said:

I mean you just couldn't make this nonsense up. Little backward N Korea is threatening the largest war machine in the planets history? In the last Korean war a third of their entire population was massacred, do we really think N Korea doesn't believe Trump has the stomach to finish off the rest of them? This is about leave us alone, not we are coming to get you.

It's not just the US who's being threatened.  Missiles are going over Japan.  Thousands of weapons are pointed at SK.  China has a radiation risk.  Yet due to your despise of the US, that's all you focus on.

 

The Korean war was started by the North.  And they're about to start it up again. Place the blame properly.

 

Leave us alone?  What about that video of nuking the US?  I'd hardly say that was a statement that we are not coming to get you!

[craigt3365]

18 hours ago, baboon said:

Relax. It isn't. 

Easy for you to say being 1/2 way around the world.  Many are not relaxing right now.  All due to a nut job leader in NK.  Time for his to respect others and stop this nonsense.