Donald Trump lashes out at Kim Jong Un again, says 'Rocket Man' should have been dealt with long ago

The Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un war of words (and insults) continues. A day after the North Korean Supreme Commander called Trump, among other things, a 'mentally deranged dotard and gangster,' the US president lashed out, saying that 'madman' Kim should have been dealt with a long time ago.

Speaking at a rally in the US state of Alabama, Trump said, "We can't have madmen out there shooting rockets all over the place."

During the rally, the US president once again referred to Kim Jong Un as 'Rocket Man', a term Trump has been using off later to describe the North Korean dictator. Trump even used the phrase during his maiden United Nations General Assembly speech earlier this week.

This time, Trump's mentioning 'Rocket Man' drew loud cheers from the crowd. "Rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. We can't have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place," Trump said, indicating that past US governments had failed to sufficiently tackle North Korea and its nuclear dreams.

Trump's speech in Alabama came hours after the US president took to Twitter to threaten Kim that he was going to be tested "like never before".

Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2017

Pyongyang has come under increased international attention following its sixth - and most powerful - nuclear test. The UN, in response, ordered new sanctions against the Kim Jong Un regime.

North Korea was also a major part of Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly. Trump said that the US may ultimately left with no choice but to "totally destroy" North Korea.

Trump's UN speech led to a rare personal statement from Kim Jong Un who targeted the US president personally.

"The mentally deranged behavior [sic] of the US president openly expressing on the UN arena the unethical will to "totally destroy" a sovereign state, beyond the boundary of threats of regime change or overturn of social system, makes even those with normal thinking faculty think about discretion and composure," Kim said.

"Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation," Kim further said, ending with, "I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire."

Trump responded soon after, tweeting, "Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before."

(With inputs from agencies)

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