Economics
Trump’s ‘Fire and Fury’ North Korea Warning Puts World on Edge
- Kim Jong Un ‘has been very threatening,’ Trump tells reporters
- U.S. markets jolted, South Korea and Japan stocks both fall
In Bedminster, N.J., Donald Trump tells reporters that 'North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States, they will be met with fire and fury.' (Source: Bloomberg)
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President Donald Trump’s threat to hit North Korea with “fire and fury” jolted markets from New York to Seoul even as U.S. lawmakers questioned the president’s willingness to back up the heated rhetoric.
“North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States,” Trump told reporters in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Tuesday. “They will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power the likes of which this world has never seen before.”