Donald Trump on Saturday said “only one thing will work” in dealing with North Korea, after previous administrations had talked to Pyongyang without results. Rex Tillerson says he won't quit but doesn't deny calling Trump a 'moron' Read more“Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for 25 years, agreements made and massive amounts of money paid,” Trump wrote on Twitter. Amid rising tension and exchanges of insults with the nuclear-armed regime of Kim Jong-un, Trump has previously said the US will destroy North Korea if necessary to protect itself and its allies. Later on Saturday, Trump spoke to reporters at the White House before he left for a fundraiser in South Carolina. Tillerson has been the target of criticism from the president about his attempts to talk to North Korea and to engage China to reign in Pyongyang.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2017 22:41 UTC