Donald Trump 'sentenced to death' by North Korea for insulting Kim Jong Un The US President is called a "hideous criminal" and a "coward" for urging Asian nations to increase pressure on North Korea. By Alix Culbertson, News Reporter Donald Trump deserves the death penalty for insulting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the country's state media has said. An editorial in the ruling party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, called the US President a "hideous criminal" for urging the five Asian countries he visited last week to maximise pressure on North Korea to halt its growing nuclear programme. The paper also...