US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that his “nuclear button” is “much bigger and more powerful” than the one controlled by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, as the White House said it was keeping all of its options on the table to curb Pyongyang’s atomic programme.
Trump’s response followed a New Year’s Day address by Kim, who said North Korea’s nuclear weapons can reach anywhere in the US and threatened that he has a nuclear button on his desk.
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times. Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!” Trump said in a tweet.