In brief statement in which he took no questions Defense Secretary James Mattis announced Sunday that the North Korea threat may be met with a ‘massive military response’, prompting speculation that the United States could be planning a preemptive attack.
Military Response under consideration
“We are not looking for the annihilation of North Korea – we have many options” Mattis went on to say.
Earlier in the day Sunday Trump condemned North Korea’s most recent nuclear test in a number of tweets, saying the country was acting “hostile and dangerous” and claiming that “talk of appeasement will not work.”
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“North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States,” the president wrote, also noting that North Korea “has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success.”
Hours before the White House briefing with Secretary Mattis, Trump alluded to the possibility that the United States may attack the rogue nation.
As he left church, Trump was questioned by a reporter, “Will you attack North Korea?”
Trump responded, “We’ll see.”
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