North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has to give up his nuclear weapons, the White House has said, days after US President Donald Trump hinted at launching a possible military strike against the North.
Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, said in an interview with ABC News on Sunday that North Korea must denuclearize, because the United States cannot tolerate this.
“He’s going to have to give up his nuclear weapons, because the president has said that he is not going to tolerate this regime threatening the United States and our citizens with a nuclear weapon,” said McMaster, an Army three-star general.
When asked if the US president would order a military strike against North Korea if Kim doesn’t surrender his weapons, McMaster said, “He’s been very clear about that, that all options are on the table.”
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