Economics
Trump Says U.S. Is Ready to Use ‘Devastating’ Force on North Korea
- He says ‘we are totally prepared’ if military force needed
- Treasury adds new penalties on North Korean banks, agents
Trump: U.S. Ready to Use Military Force on N. Korea
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President Donald Trump said the U.S. is prepared to use “devastating” military force against North Korea but encouraged the world to work together to end the country’s nuclear program as he imposed new sanctions on the country’s banks.
“We are totally prepared for the second option -- not a preferred option -- but if we take that option it will be devastating I can tell you that,” Trump said during a joint news conference Tuesday at the White House with Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. “For North Korea that is called the military option. If we have to take it we will.”