President Trump Declares North Korea a 'State Sponsor of Terrorism'

Trump and Kim

 

President Trump has announced that the US is re-designating North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, nine years after it was removed from the list.

 

In a cabinet meeting, he said the move would trigger "very large" additional sanctions to be announced on Tuesday.

 

Mr Trump blamed the country's nuclear programme, and support for what he called international acts of terrorism.

I Would Never Call Him Short and Fat - Trump Lashes Out at Kim for Calling Him a 'Lunatic Old Man' in Bizarre Rant

 

President of the United States, Donald Trump, said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un had insulted him by calling him “old” and said he would never call Kim “short and fat”.

 

In one of a series of tweets after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam, Trump said: “Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat?’ Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend – and maybe someday that will happen!”