US President Donald Trump has again issued a stern warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, saying he will “truly regret” any hostile acts against any American territory or ally.
He warned that the US will take action against Kim’s regime “if he utters one threat, in the form of an overt threat — which, by the way, he has been uttering for years, and his family has been uttering for years”.
The warning comes after Kim threatened the US this week to fire missiles at Guam after the US sponsored a resolution imposing new economic sanctions on Pyongyang over its missile and nuclear weapons programmes.
Trump also said that if Kim does anything with respect to Guam, or any place else that’s an American territory or an American ally, he will “truly regret it and he will regret it fast”.
Earlier in the day, the US President said military solutions against the nuclear-armed North Korean regime were “locked and loaded” for use if Pyongyang acted “unwisely”.
“Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully (North Korean leader) Kim Jong Un will find another path!” he tweeted.
Pentagon officials were quoted by Fox News as saying that the US military stands ready to “fight tonight” on the Korean Peninsula.
Trump also met with his national security team and told reporters he’s still hoping for a “peaceful solution”.
“Hopefully it will all work out,” he said. “Nobody loves a peaceful solution better than President Trump, that I can tell you”.
The president made the comments after meeting with UN ambassador Nikki Haley, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H R McMaster.