Trump Threatens to 'Totally Destroy North Korea'
The president also hinted at the UN General Assembly that the U.S. might quit the Iran nuclear agreement.
by Krishnadev Calamur
Sep 19, 2017
3 minutes
President Donald Trump dispensed with diplomacy at the United Nations, vowing in his maiden speech to the General Assembly that the United States “will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea” if it is forced to defend itself or its allies.
The remarks, reminiscent of those of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s vow in 1968 to “bury” the West, is likely to raise tensions with North Korea, whose nuclear-weapons and missile programs have raised the alarm in
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