Trump warns crackpot Kim Jong-Un he will ‘regret’ action against Guam as North Korea claims the rivals are on ‘the brink of nuclear war’
The President said he is 'sticking up for his nation' against the bullish North Korean regime — who have accused him of foolishly stoking tensions
DONALD Trump has tonight told bullish Kim Jong Un that he will "regret it fast" if he follows through in his threat to attack Guam.
The President said that he is proud to be "sticking up for our nation" — as the war of words with the North Korean regime edges closer to a devastating all-out conflict.
But his staunch approach has led the DPRK to accused him of “driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war”.
The US would suffer “a shameful defeat and final doom” if it “persists in extreme military adventure, sanctions and pressure”, its officials said.
A statement from KCNA, the regime’s media channel, said officials had “vowed to mercilessly wipe out the provocateurs making desperate efforts to stifle” their leader, Kim Jong Un.
Yesterday they blamed the escalating tensions on Trump “making such outcries as ‘the US will not rule out a war against the DPRK (North Korea)’.”
It came after North Korean officials said they would send four Hwasong-12 intermediate range strategic ballistic missiles towards US bases in Guam by “mid-August”.
They said they would report it to crackpot Kim, the commander-in-chief of the nuclear force, and “wait for his order”.
Earlier today the President warned that military plans are "locked and loaded" and urged Kim to “find another path”.
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And on Tuesday he said further threats from Kim to attack the US and her allies with nuclear missiles would be met with "fire and fury like the world has never seen".
But later that day, Pyongyang said it was “carefully examining” a plan to strike an air base on the US Pacific island of Guam with nuclear-capable rockets.
Trump yesterday doubled down on his "fire and fury" comments and ratcheted up the rhetoric even further.
Standing alongside Vice President Mike Pence, he said: "If anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough.
"North Korea better get their act together or they are going to be in trouble like few nations have ever been in trouble."
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But even today, the North continued to issue threats against the US.
State media warned the "gangster-like US" imperialists they would "dearly pay" for their "reckless behaviour".
Government broadcaster Rodong Sinmun said: "It is tragic that the reckless and hysteric behaviours may reduce the US mainland to ashes any moment.
"The US and its vassal forces will dearly pay for the harshest sanctions and pressure and reckless military provocations against the DPRK.
"The US is seriously mistaken if it thinks that its mainland would be safe from across the ocean.
"If the US fails to act with discretion, persisting in its reckless attempt to stifle the DPRK, the latter will not hesitate to use any form of ultimate means."
Corbyn tells Trump and Kim to cool it
JEREMY Corbyn has urged Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un to pick up the phone and call each other – telling the pair “we cannot play fast and loose with nuclear weapons”.
Wading into the escalating situation between America and North Korea, the Labour leader said Britain had a role to play in bringing the two leaders "back from the brink".
Mr Trump has warned the rogue state to "get their act together" or face extraordinary trouble, suggesting he had been too mild when he vowed to unleash "fire and fury".
This week North Korea threatened to drop missiles on the US territory of Guam later this month, as the countries edged closer to nuclear war.
Speaking after a campaign event in Bristol, Mr Corbyn said: "We cannot play fast and loose with nuclear weapons and nuclear threats because do you know what - a nuclear explosion doesn't stop at national borders, it doesn't stop at the vicinity where the bomb drops."
The leftie leader, a long time anti-war campaigner, said the result of a nuclear strike would go on for decades, adding: "I ask them both, calm down.
"There are phone calls that could be made, there's discussions that could be held. Surely in the interests of sanity and safety over the whole world, do it."
Mr Corbyn said Britain and other nations with nuclear weapons also had a role to play in reducing the tensions.
He added: "All the five declared nuclear weapons states, which includes the United States, Russia and China, as well as Britain and France, need to get on board on this to bring North Korea back from the brink, bring Donald Trump back from the brink, and support the NPT (the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons) and support the UN's efforts to make nuclear weapons illegal worldwide.”
His comments come after the First Secretary of State Damian Green said yesterday it is "obviously" in Britain's interests that the stand-off between Washington and Pyongyang does not lead to conflict.
He added that the "sensible" way to proceed is to step up international pressure on the regime of President Kim through the United Nations.
Meanwhile, Angela Merkel called for a de-escalation of rhetoric between the two countries.
German journalist Birgit Schmeitzner tweeted that Merkel said she sees “no military solution to the conflict”.
The German leader is quoted as saying: "Escalation of the language I think is the wrong answer."
Trump responded tonight, saying: "Let her speak for Germany," adding, "She's certainly not referring to the United States."
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