Trump sends warnings to North Korea

Donald Trump has warned North Korea it should be “very, very nervous” if it does anything to the US.

He said the regime would be in trouble “like few nations have ever been” if they do not “get their act together”.

His comments came after Pyongyang announced it had a plan to fire four missiles near the US territory of Guam.

Tensions between the two countries have escalated in recent weeks after North Korea tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles in July.

The UN recently approved further economic sanctions against Pyongyang as a result of its nuclear weapons programme.

Speaking on Thursday at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Mr Trump also offered an olive branch, saying the US would always consider negotiations.

The Republican president said his own statements had not been tough enough on Pyongyang, despite his threat this week to rain “fire and fury” upon the regime.

Pyongyang earlier dismissed the US president’s dire warnings as “nonsense”.

But Mr Trump struck a defiant tone on Thursday, saying: “It’s about time someone stood up for the people of our country.”

Mr Trump railed against previous US administrations for being too weak on North Korea, adding that its pursuit of nuclear weapons was a “tragedy”.

He also chided China, saying they could do “a lot more” to intervene on the Korean peninsula.

When asked if there was a possibility of a pre-emptive strike against Pyongyang, Mr Trump said: “We don’t talk about that. I never do.”

But he said: “I will tell you this, if North Korea does anything in terms of even thinking about attack of anybody that we love or we represent or our allies or us they can be very, very nervous.

“I’ll tell you why… because things will happen to them like they never thought possible.”

He added: “I will tell you this, North Korea better get their act together or they’re gonna be in trouble like few nations have ever been in trouble in this world.”

North Korea said on Wednesday it planned to fire medium-to-long-range rockets towards Guam, where US strategic bombers are based.

However, there has been no indication that any attack on the Pacific island by North Korea is imminent.

In a message to the public, Guam’s Governor Eddie Baza Calvo said there was currently “no threat” to the US territory and the Marianas archipelago, but it was “prepared for any eventuality”.

Source (BBC )

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