Story highlights Trump declared that American military options were robust should they be requiredNorth Korea fired a ballistic missile over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Friday local timeWashington (CNN) President Donald Trump and his top national security advisers said Friday there are military options available for dealing with the North Korea crisis, despite some experts and former Trump allies saying that there are no good options for the region. Speaking at Joint Base Andrews, the Air Force installation outside Washington, Trump declared that American military options were robust should they be required to respond to threats from Pyongyang. This includes the regime of North Korea, which has one again shown its utter contempt for its neighbors, and the entire world community." Ahead of his remarks, both national security adviser H.R. McMaster and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley stressed during a White House briefing on the United Nations General Assembly that Trump did have military options to stop North Korea.

Source: CNN September 15, 2017 18:01 UTC