Trump’s threat a ‘load of nonsense,’ North Korea’s military says

August 9, 2017

donfiore/iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea’s military has called President Donald Trump’s threat a “load of nonsense.”

In a statement, Gen. Kim Rak Gyom, commander of the Strategic Force of the Korean People’s Army, said Trump’s comments warning of “fire and fury” fail to grasp the ongoing situation, calling the U.S. president a “guy bereft of reason.”

“[O]nly absolute force can work on him,” the statement reads.

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Trump’s threat a ‘load of nonsense,’ North Korea’s military says

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