President Trump considering ‘some pretty severe things’
North Korea’s successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile is the major focus of world leaders.
“Self-restraint” is the only thing stopping the U.S. and South Korea from going to war with the North, according to the highest-ranking American general on the peninsula.
An emergency United Nations Security Council meeting was held, with U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley saying America would go its “own path” if needed to counter this aggression, while France’s U.N. ambassador pushed for fresh sanctions against the isolated state.
Trump comments. President Trump today did not go into detail on any specifics during a news conference in Warsaw but he said that he’s considering “some pretty severe things” in response to North Korea’s test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Other world leaders comment. Many world leaders, including Germany’s Angela Merkel, South Korea’s Moon Jae-in, and U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson have condemned the test, but agreeing on a course of action may continue to prove difficult. Russia said it was against a deployment to North Korea and that sanctions aren’t the solution.
President Trump criticized China for failing to do more to rein in North Korea. He’s set to meet President Xi Jinping while they attend the G20 meeting in Germany on Friday and Saturday.
