BREAKING: ‘Era of patience is OVER’ Trump issues stern warning to North Korea
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has called for allies of the US to join together as the ‘era of strategic patience’ over North Korea’s brutal regime comes to an end.
By SOFIA PETKAR
Express.co.uk
Fri, Jun 30, 2017
The comments came during a joint press conference alongside South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is in Washington for talks on the ongoing nuclear threat from the hermit nation.
President Trump said he and his South Korean counterpart are “in the process of discussing our many options” to deal with North Korea.
He said that the regime’s nuclear and ballistic missiles programme required a “determined response”, adding that his administration was “working closely with South Korea and Japan, as well as partners around the world, on a range of diplomatic, security and economic measures to protect our allies and our own citizens from this menace known as North Korea.”
Standing alongside President Moon in the White House’s Rose Garden, he said: “The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed. … Frankly, that patience is over.”
He added that the US is facing “the threat of the reckless and brutal regime in North Korea,” adding the North Korean regime “has no regard for the safety and security of its people or its neighbours.”
He continued: “The North Korean dictatorship has no regard for the safety and security of its people or its neighbors and has no respect for human life — and that’s been proven over and over again.”
President Trump also thanked the South Korean President for expressing his condolences over the death of the American student Otto Warmbier, who died after more than a year of imprisonment in North Korea.
His death was seen as the latest sign of brutality from the regime.
President Moon echoed the need to resolve the North Korea issue, promising a “stern response”.
The leaders took no questions during their joint appearance.
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