Despite escalating tensions with North Korea, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Sunday that nuclear war is not “imminent.” Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Mr. Pompeo said it’s clear North Korea’s nuclear capabilities are progressing rapidly, but he downplayed any immediate risk to the United States. “Each time they test another missile, or if they should conduct…
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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has mostly moved out of the spotlight these days, but he often manages to draw attention on Twitter when he blasts out jokes to his 688,000 followers. Huckabee is a firm Trump supporter and makes a habit of criticizing Democrats and the ‘swamp’ of Washington, D.C. RELATED: Mike Huckabee blasts “Saturday…
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The incompetence, gullibility and lassitude of three successive administrations have dumped the horrible problem of North Korea into the lap of President Donald Trump. The shilly-shallying and pretend-resolutions that marked the old way of dealing with Pyongyang have come to a dead-end. The crisis exposes the infirmity of the Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama administrations…
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President Trump said Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “will regret it fast” if he takes any military action against the U.S. territory of Guam. “If he does anything with respect to Guam or any place else that’s an American territory or an American ally, he will truly regret it and he will regret it…
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President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his fiery rhetoric against North Korea, telling reporters at an impromptu news conference during his working vacation in Bedminster, New Jersey, that his “fire and fury” comment might have been too tame. Standing beside Vice President Mike Pence, Trump said North Korea’s rapid development of missiles that can…
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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that North Korea risks annihilation if it starts a war, and he told Pyongyang it must end its pursuit of nuclear weaponry. Mattis said North Korea “should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people.” The reclusive…
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The United States is seeking the quick adoption of a U.N. Security Council draft resolution that would deprive North Korea of $1 billion a year in revenue that helps fuel its illicit nuclear and ballistic missile program. The move for additional sanctions is in response to Pyongyang’s two intercontinental ballistic missile launches on July 3 and…
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The Trump administration Friday announced a travel ban on Americans visiting North Korea, citing the danger of arrests and mistreatment following the death of university student Otto Warmbier after imprisonment in North Korea. The decision comes amid heightened tension over nuclear-armed North Korea’s long-range missile tests, as well as Warmbier’s death in June after being returned…
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n a sit-down Saturday with Xi Jinping, President Trump backed off his tough talk against China for not doing enough to rein in North Korea. He even heaped praise on the Chinese president. “I appreciate the things that you have done relative to the very substantial problem that we all face in North Korea, a problem…
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U.S. bombers, jointly with South Korean forces, have conducted rare, live-fire drills near the border with North Korea, according to the South Korean military. The South Korean military said in a statement that the drill was designed to “sternly respond to the series of North Korea’s ballistic missile launches.” The military said two U.S. B-1B Lancers,…
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U.S. bombers, escorted by South Korean fighters, flew near the Korean Peninsula Monday, according to American military officials. Two B-1B Lancers flew out of Anderson Air Force Base in Guam. The bombers conducted “”bilateral training missions with their counterparts from the Republic of Korea and Japanese air forces,” Lt. Col. Lori Hodge, Pacific Air Forces public…
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Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that China is engaged more than ever before to help end North Korea’s nuclear ballistic missile program. “We are seeing China doing more than they have done before,” the vice president said on CBS News. “The key here is for the United States and our allies in the region, working…
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