Trump tones down rhetoric, insists North Korea remains a worldwide threat
US president says international action is needed to subdue North Korea but claims progress is being made to rein in the rogue state
Seoul — North Korea poses a worldwide threat that needs worldwide action, President Donald Trump said in Seoul on Tuesday, but he insisted that “we are making a lot of progress” in reining in the rogue state. The US leader, standing alongside his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, reiterated he was prepared to use the full range of US military might to halt Pyongyang’s march towards becoming a fully-fledged nuclear power. “It makes sense for North Korea to come to the table to make a deal that is good for the people of North Korea and the people of the world,” he said. Trump’s tone in Seoul, whose 10-million inhabitants would find themselves on the front line of any conflict, was in marked contrast to previous rhetoric. On Monday, he had declared in Tokyo on the first leg of his Asia tour that the time was over for “strategic patience” with Pyongyang, which in September carried out its most powerful nuclear test to date. Trump has traded personal insults and threats of war with ...
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