N. Korea: Trump’s ‘Declaration Of War’ Gives Right To Shoot Down US Bombers

North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho speaks outside the U.N. Plaza Hotel, in New York, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho speaks outside the U.N. Plaza Hotel, in New York, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s top diplomat says President Donald Trump’s tweet that leader Kim Jong Un “won’t be around much longer” was a declaration of war against his country by the United States.

Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters Monday that what he called Trump’s “declaration of war” gives North Korea “every right” under the U.N. Charter to take countermeasures, “including the right to shoot down the United States strategic bombers even they’re not yet inside the airspace border of our country.”

Ri referred to Trump’s tweet Saturday that said: “Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won’t be around much longer!”

Ri said: “The question of who won’t be around much longer will be answered then.”

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  1. The NoKos ain’t going away. Neither are the Iranians, the Afghans or the Palestinians. Neither is climate change. The humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico is at a critical stage.

    Time to turn away from the Twitter badinage?

    ETA. All it takes is one mistake, one navigational error on a U.S. Bomber…

  2. If you keep poking a cranky, nasty orange bear, it will inevitably react. Badly!

    FSM help us all…

  3. Moscow has called for both sides to cease their bellicose language. It’s yet another boon to Putin: the most irresponsible, revanchist leader on the planet gets to act as the voice of reason.

  4. Avatar for tao tao says:

    I’m gonna go with predicting more and even stupider taunts from Twitterbum. Any attention he gets be it good or bad feeds his beast. If his ratings go up over this…

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