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Tillerson: Trump Is Using Language Kim Jong Un Can Understand

When asked if Americans should be worried, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson replied, "I think Americans should sleep well at night."
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says North Korea's Kim Jong Un "doesn't seem to understand diplomatic language." / Vincent Thian / Shutterstock.com

As two nuclear-armed leaders trade threats, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says that President Trump "is sending a strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Jong Un would understand, because he doesn't seem to understand diplomatic language."

The language has been increasingly fiery. After that if North Korea continues to threaten the U.S., the country would "be met with fire and fury like the

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