Trump shocks North Korea and warns 'his NUCLEAR button is much BIGGER and more POWERFUL'
NORTH Korea has been warned that Donald Trump’s nuclear button is “much bigger and more powerful” than Kim Jong-un’s.
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The US President’s tweet comes in response to North Korea’s supreme leader boasting he has a “nuclear button on his desk”.
President Trump tweeted: “North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un just stated that the ‘nuclear button is on his desk at all times’.
“Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my button works.”
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Trump hit out with the withering attack after Kim used his annual address in Pyongyang to try and strike fear into the US.
He said: "The entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, and a nuclear button is always on my desk. This is reality, not a threat."
Kim also called for his country to “mass-produce warheads and ballistic missiles”.
I too have a nuclear button
The dictator also declared that North Korea had reached full nuclear force in 2017 and called for the mass-production of nukes and missiles in the year ahead as tensions continue to rise with the US.
He said: “We achieved the goal of completing our state nuclear force in 2017.
”We need to mass-produce nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles and accelerate their deployment."
North Korea celebrates new year with terrifying war-themed display
Tue, January 2, 2018North Korea residents celebrated New Year’s Eve with a chilling fireworks display while despot leader Kim Jong-un used his message to threaten nuclear war on Donald Trump
Fireworks are seen above the Taedong River during New Year celebrations as visitors pose for a photo in front of an ice sculpture of an intercontinental ballistic missile at the Pyongyang Ice Sculpture Festival in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang
Despite the nuclear threats it had been suggested that the New Year’s address was more positive and open to dialogue.
It was suggested that Kim Jong-un may have been manoeuvring himself to enter into peace talks.
The despot called for talks with South Korea ahead of them hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics and suggested that athletes from the hermit kingdom could take part.
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The dictator said: "This year marks the 70th anniversary of the North Korean regime's establishment, and the South will host the Winter Games. This year holds significance for the two Koreas.
“The Winter Games to be held in South Korea will be a good occasion for the country. We sincerely hope that the Winter Olympics will be a success.
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"We have the readiness to take various steps, including the dispatch of the delegation."
However, any suggestion that Kim was calling for peace were shot down by the US military chief.
Trump’s military chief General H. R. McMaster said: “Anybody who thought that speech was reassuring was drinking too much champagne over the holidays.”
