'Locked and loaded': Trump warns US 'military solutions are now fully in place' as North Korea says President is driving the situation to the 'brink of nuclear war'
China will intervene if America attacks North Korea first, according to a state-owner paper, and will only stay neutral if Kim Jong-un attacks the US first. President Donald Trump (left) and North Korean leader (Kim Jon-un)
President Donald Trump took his bellicose rhetoric up another notch in the confrontation with North Korea, warning Friday that the U.S. was 'locked and loaded.'
Trump issued the dire warning via Twitter from his golf club in New Jersey Friday morning, as he brandished the notion of 'military solutions' to the running confrontation with the reclusive regime.'Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded,should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!' Trump wrote.
Then Trump took his saber-rattling in a new direction by retweeting a release from U.S. Pacific Command featuring B-B Lancers from Guam participating in a '#FlightTonight' mission if needed.
'B-1B Lancer #bombers on Guam stand ready to fulfill USFK's #FlightTonight mission if called upon to do so,' according to the release.
The bombers carry a payload of 168 bombs each, and are among the assets that could be called upon to strike North Korea.
North Korea also came out with a colorful phrase in a statement, after calling the U.S. 'warmongers' who 'are unaware of the fact that even a single shell dropped on the Korean Peninsula might lead to the outbreak of a new world war, a thermonuclear war.'
'We consider the U.S. no more than a lump which we can beat to a jelly any time,' Pyongyang said.
Trump's online warning came after he issued tough talk before the cameras on Thursday to North Korean leader Kim Jung-un.
'If he does something in Guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before, what will happen in North Korea,' Trump said, pushing back on North Korea's threatened missile launch toward the U.S. territory.
Asked if that was a dare, Mr. Trump responded: 'It's not a dare. It's a statement. Has nothing to do with dare. That's a statement'
'LOCKED AND LOADED': President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that 'Military solutions are now fully in place' in his latest escalation with North Korea
Trump issued the dire warning via Twitter from his golf club in New Jersey Friday morning, as he brandished the notion of 'military solutions' to the running confrontation with the reclusive regime.'Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded,should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!' Trump wrote.
Then Trump took his saber-rattling in a new direction by retweeting a release from U.S. Pacific Command featuring B-B Lancers from Guam participating in a '#FlightTonight' mission if needed.
'B-1B Lancer #bombers on Guam stand ready to fulfill USFK's #FlightTonight mission if called upon to do so,' according to the release.
The bombers carry a payload of 168 bombs each, and are among the assets that could be called upon to strike North Korea.
North Korea also came out with a colorful phrase in a statement, after calling the U.S. 'warmongers' who 'are unaware of the fact that even a single shell dropped on the Korean Peninsula might lead to the outbreak of a new world war, a thermonuclear war.'
'We consider the U.S. no more than a lump which we can beat to a jelly any time,' Pyongyang said.
Trump's online warning came after he issued tough talk before the cameras on Thursday to North Korean leader Kim Jung-un.
'If he does something in Guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before, what will happen in North Korea,' Trump said, pushing back on North Korea's threatened missile launch toward the U.S. territory.
Asked if that was a dare, Mr. Trump responded: 'It's not a dare. It's a statement. Has nothing to do with dare. That's a statement'
'LOCKED AND LOADED': President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that 'Military solutions are now fully in place' in his latest escalation with North Korea
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