North Korea calls Donald Trump a ‘psychopath’ and accuses him of considering a preemptive strike to divert attention from his own ‘tough situation’ in the US
Pyongyang’s official newspaper said Trump was in a ‘tough situation’ at home
Claimed he was toying with the idea of a preemptive strike on North Korea
Atomic tests and missile launches ratcheted up tensions on Korean peninsula
By HARVEY DAY
DailyMail.com
22 June 2017
North Korea on Thursday called US President Donald Trump a ‘psychopath’ as tensions soar following the death of American student Otto Warmbier, who was evacuated in a coma from North Korean detention last week.
Pyongyang’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper said the US president was in a ‘tough situation’ at home and claimed he was toying with the idea of a preemptive strike on North Korea to divert attention from a domestic political crisis.
‘South Korea must realise that following psychopath Trump… will only lead to disaster,’ an editorial carried by the paper said.
A series of atomic tests and missile launches since last year have ratcheted up tensions on the Korean peninsula, and Warmbier’s death has further strained relations between Pyongyang and Washington.
Trump slammed the ‘brutal regime’ in Pyongyang, and said he was determined to ‘prevent such tragedies from befalling innocent people at the hands of regimes that do not respect the rule of law or basic human decency.’
His language was echoed by South Korean President Moon Jae-In, who said in an interview ahead of a White House visit next week that North Korea bears responsibility for the student’s death.
‘I believe we must now have the perception that North Korea is an irrational regime,’ Moon told CBS television’s ‘This Morning.’
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