The White House pushed back Monday on North Korea’s claim that President Trump’s rhetorical broadside against the regime at the United Nations amounted to a “declaration of war.”
“We have not declared war,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said at Monday’s press briefing.
The response came after North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong-ho said Monday that North Korea had the right to shoot down U.S. bombers in its airspace and Trump’s statements before the U.N. General Assembly last week were “a declaration of war” against the country.
“[T]his is clearly a declaration of war on all members states,” Ri said. “The whole world should remember U.S. declared war on our people. The U.N. charter stipulates right of defense in charter.” – READ MORE
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