President Donald Trump, speaking to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, used harsh and mocking language when addressing North Korea and its dictator, Kim Jong Un.
Blasting North Korea for its pursuit of nuclear weapons and threats to hit the U.S. with missiles, Trump said Tuesday that if the U.S. or its allies are forced to defend themselves, “we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.”
.@POTUS: "If [the U.S.] is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea." #UNGA pic.twitter.com/kOWbXCx5mB
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 19, 2017
Trump then went on to criticize Kim, saying that “Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime.”
Trump, referring to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un: “Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime” https://t.co/yrQJ3hZBDW pic.twitter.com/KF7oxT5iVn
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 19, 2017
This is the first time Trump has used the “Rocket Man” moniker for Kim in person, but he has previously done so on Twitter, mocking him on Sunday.