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Donald Trump vows to 'totally destroy' North Korea if it doesn't relent

Calls Kim Jong Un a Rocket man, and says he is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime

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US President Donald Trump said both Mexico and Canada were being very difficult in talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement | Photo: Reuters

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US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission.

Loud murmurs filled the green-marbled UN General Assembly hall when Trump issued his sternest warning yet to North Korea, whose ballistic missile launches and nuclear tests have rattled the globe.

Unless North Korea backs down, he said, “We will have no choice than to totally destroy North Korea.”

“Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime,” he