Trump Says His ‘Nuclear Button’ Is ‘Much Bigger’ Than North Korea’s<br />“Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him<br />that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!”<br />Mr. Trump’s combative response to a statement made the day before by Mr. Kim raised the temperature in the brewing confrontation between the United States<br />and North Korea even as American allies in South Korea were moving to open talks with Pyongyang.<br />Mr. Trump’s supporters brushed off the criticism, calling the president’s words a bracing stand<br />that would force North Korea to confront the potential repercussions of its efforts to develop nuclear weapons that could reach the continental United States.<br />Mr. Trump, who has disdained the prospects of negotiating with North Korea, said earlier in the day<br />that the possible talks between the two governments on the peninsula resulted from sanctions imposed by the United States and the international community.<br />North Korea has made significant strides in the past year in developing intercontinental ballistic missiles<br />that could eventually deliver nuclear warheads to targets as distant as the United States<br />WASHINGTON — President Trump again raised the prospect of nuclear war with North Korea, boasting in strikingly playground terms on Tuesday night<br />that he commands a “much bigger” and “more powerful” arsenal of devastating weapons than the outlier government in Asia.<br />In the fall, he went before the United Nations General Assembly to warn<br />that he would “totally destroy North Korea” if the United States were forced to defend itself or its allies.
