Trump Responds To Kim Jong Un In Early-Morning Tweet: He’s A ‘Madman’

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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After North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare statement on Thursday responding to President Donald Trump’s speech at the United Nations, Trump hit back at Kim in an early-morning tweet Friday.

Trump called the North Korean leader a “madman” and warned that he “will be tested like never before.”

Kim Jong Un called Trump “deranged” in his statement Thursday and warned that Trump will “pay dearly” for his threats to North Korea.

“I will make the man holding the prerogative of the supreme command in the U.S. pay dearly for his speech calling for totally destroying the DPRK,” he said in the statement.

During his speech at the UN on Tuesday, Trump called Kim Jong Un “rocket man” and threatened to “totally destroy North Korea” if Kim did not stop with his threats.

“The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself for its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea,” Trump said in his speech. “The United States is ready, willing, and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary.”

 

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  1. Lordy, we know you’re giving him a good run for the money.

  2. “will be tested like never before…”
    “I’ve got Richard Spencer and David Duke working on it”, Trump continued, "and if Richard is correct and his geometric-logic tests prove the little feller is a mongrel as we believe he is, it’s off the the re-education camp for him and all of his Illuminati fellow-travellers!

    ETA

  3. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Well now, they are talking about how big their “rockets” are and calling each other names, so all is about as well as we could expect from two emotionally stunted mental cases.

  4. Kim Jong Un called Trump “deranged” in his statement Thursday…

    Well, there is that.
  5. Epic Battle of the Mean Girls!

    Bitch-slapping and hair-pulling before the month is out.

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