Trump threatens 'Little Rocket Man,' says Kim may 'not be around much longer'
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In a political rally in Huntsville, Ala., President Trump shared harsh words for Kim Jong Un, calling the North Korean leader a “little Rocket Man.”
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President Trump sent another belligerent tweet directed at North Korea Saturday night, saying that if the country’s foreign minister was speaking for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in his threatening speech at the United Nations , “they won’t be around much longer.”
“Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N.,” Trump tweeted. “If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won’t be around much longer!”
Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won’t be around much longer!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017
The president was referring to a speech by North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, earlier Saturday in which he called Trump “a mentally deranged person full of megalomania†who is holding “the nuclear button.â€
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Ri said by repeatedly calling Kim “Rocket Man,” Trump is making “our rocket’s visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the more.”
The foreign minister also said Trump is a “gambler who grew old using threats, frauds and all other schemes to acquire a patch of land.” Ri jumped into the nickname game as well, saying  Americans call Trump the “Commander in Grief,” “Lyin’ King,” and “President Evil.”Â
Trump has turned the White House “into a noisy marketing place” and is making the U.N. “a gangsters’ nest where money is respected and bloodshed is the order of the day,” Ri added.Â
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