by Itunuoluwa Adebo
President Trump did not rule out the use of military force against North Korea in an interview on CBS’s Face of the nation on Saturday, few hours after North Korea launched a missile test in spite of rising tensions and international pressure.
The president downplayed the implications of Pyongyang’s “small missile launch,” which occurred earlier in the day. When asked by the host if he would consider military action in response to another nuclear test, Trump responded: “I don’t know. I mean, we’ll see.”
He also seemed to express admiration for North Korea’s leader.
“People are saying, ‘Is he sane?’ I have no idea,” the President said, before noting Kim Jong Un’s rise to power at a young age
During a factory tour before a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to mark his 100th day in office, his message to reporters on North Korea is, “You’ll soon find out, won’t you?”
Pressed on whether that meant military action, Trump said, “You’ll soon find out.”
According to US Navy Cmdr. Dave Benham, a spokesman for the US Pacific command, the launched missile blew up over North Korean territory Saturday.
Trump cast the launch as a direct snub of China, one of North Korea’s only allies and a nation seen by the Trump administration as a potential US ally in efforts to stamp out Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/858100088253669376
North Korea’s most recent two missiles fired on April 16 and April 29 both failed.
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