(26 Sep 2017) President Donald Trump said Tuesday if the U.S. takes a military option in dealing with the threat from North Korea "it will be devastating."
Trump says that the United States is "totally prepared" for a military option, but it's not the preferred one. He says: "If we have to take it, we will."
Trump spoke at a White House news conference with the Prime Minister of Spain.
He was asked about comments from North Korea's foreign minister, who on Monday said that Trump's recent threatening statements toward the North were a declaration of war and it would have the right to shoot down U.S. warplanes.
Trump said the North Korean leader was behaving "very badly," and he blamed previous U.S. presidents for failing to deal with the North Korean threat, adding, "I will fix this mess."
Trump also said it is " time for all responsible nations to join forces, to isolate the North Korean menace," which he said threatens the entire world "with unthinkable loss of life."
Trump thanked Spain for recently expelling the North Korean Ambassador and he thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for breaking off banking relationships with Pyongyang.
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