White House: 'Clock has now run out' on North Korean nuclear program

KTVZ ^ | Apr 04, 2017 | JEREMY DIAMOND

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White House: 'Clock has now run out' on North Korean nuclear program

All options on the table, official says

By: JEREMY DIAMOND
Posted: Apr 04, 2017 03:36 PM PDT
Updated: Apr 04, 2017 03:54 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (CNN) - A senior White House official issued a dire warning to reporters Tuesday on the state of North Korea's nuclear program, declaring "the clock has now run out and all options are on the table."

"The clock has now run out, and all options are on the table," the official said, pointing to the failure of successive administration's efforts to negotiate an end to North Korea's nuclear program.

The comments came as two senior White House officials briefed reporters ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week in Florida. The briefing took place on the condition of anonymity.

[JoeProBono]

[US_MilitaryRules]

Dang! He looks so tall! Just think if he had cowboy boots and a cowboy hat on!

BwwwwwaaaaaaaHaHaHaHa!!!!

[nickedknack]

It’s laughable to see all those gomer generals with pad & pencil at the ready to write down every utterance of the fat turd.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Worst. Hats. Ever.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Crazy fat kid.

[vette6387]

Picture of a soon to be dead man, with a bunch of guys with outrageous hats.

[TMA62]

I bet there is at least one nuclear submarine in the sea of Japan that is trained on NK. It has enough nuclear missiles to destroy NK several times over. When aimed tactical nukes at NK’s nuclear sites, military bases and the capital will completely nullify NK. An invasion will not be necessary at all.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[Moonman62]

Big hair must be a status symbol in North Korea.

[rdl6989]

He reminds of the guy in House Party with the crazy hair.

[Paladin2]

The Red Chinese can't take care of this local boil?

Does this "news" have anything to do with the Chinese Emperor coming to Fla. to play golf with Trump?

[Cementjungle]

When aimed tactical nukes at NK’s nuclear sites, military bases and the capital will completely nullify NK. An invasion will not be necessary at all.

As a bonus, one of the tactical nukes can accidentally go off course and hit Tetiaroa (aka Brando Island).

[TigerLikesRooster]

The biggest practical hurdle is the evacuation of U.S. citizens and military dependents.

The Americans Living Too Close for Comfort to Nuclear North Korea: ‘This Is Dangerous’

[Vendome]

FU Brill Crinton...

[Sparticus]

Worst. Hats. Ever.

That's gotta be a Photoshop job.

[DoughtyOne]

Is he pregnant?

[TigerLikesRooster]

(5th LD) N. Korea fires ballistic missile

2017/04/05

By Lee Chi-dong

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea launched a ballistic missile Wednesday into the East Sea, South Korea's military said, just two days ahead of summit talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

"North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea from a site in the vicinity of Sinpo, South Hamgyong Province, at around 6:42 a.m.," the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement. "The flight distance is about 60 kilometers."

The projectile is estimated to be "a type of KN-15 medium-range ballistic missile," also known as Pukguksong-2, and the maximum altitude of its flight was 189 km, a senior JCS official later told reporters.

"It's still premature to conclude whether the test-firing was a success or failure," he added. "It was detected by South Korean Navy's Aegis ship operating in the East Sea and the Air Force's ballistic missile warning system."

He said the North seems to have aimed to test the technology of its ballistic missile technology and also considered the timing just before the U.S.-China summit.

Citing an initial assessment, the U.S. Pacific Command also said the projectile seems to be a KN-15 ballistic missile fired from a land-based facility.

It flew nine minutes, added the Hawaii-based command.

The South's presidential office convened an emergency National Security Council (NSC) meeting to discuss the provocation, presided over by Kim Kwan-jin, the national security adviser to Acting President Hwang Kyo-han.

Hwang ordered the nation's troops to strengthen their combat readiness in case of a contingency.

The North's move came as Trump plans to host the Chinese president in his Florida estate on Thursday and Friday (local time) for their first summit. The North Korea issue will likely be among top agenda items.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Trump warned that the U.S will take unilateral action to get rid of the North's military threats unless China does its part.

Two weeks ago, the North test-fired a missile, which ended in failure. Earlier in March, the North fired four ballistic missiles, three of which fell into the sea near Japan.

In February, it blasted a Pukguksong-2 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from a mobile launcher. It flew more than 500km.

The Kim Jong-un regime conducted two nuclear tests and fired two dozen missiles last year.

Concern has grown that it may carry out another nuclear test or long-range rocket launch.

North Korea's state-controlled media remained silent about the latest missile launch.

[Steely Tom]

It’s laughable to see all those gomer generals with pad & pencil at the ready to write down every utterance of the fat turd.

They miss anything he says and it's their life, and maybe that of their family as well.

[Plumres]

When you have a microscopic wiener, you compensate with outrageously large hats.