US President Donald Trump once again warned North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Friday that if he attacked Guam, Pacific Island and US territory, he would "regret it" bitterly. "If he does anything about Guam, or another American territory, or an ally of the United States, he will really regret it and he will soon regret it," said Donald Trump from his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, , Denouncing a regime "that has been behaving badly for years, decades".
Later, Donald Trump assured the Governor of Guam Island in a telephone interview that "the American forces are ready to guarantee the safety and security of the people of Guam, like that of the United States as a whole, "The White House said in a statement. The US president will hold a major press conference on Monday to discuss this situation, an exercise he had sulked in recent months.
Does not his attitude help to raise the tension to a dangerous level? "My detractors say this because it's me. If someone were to say exactly the same thing, they would say 'What a great declaration!'", He replied, assuring that "tens of millions of Americans" Were happy that a president "speaks loud and clear" for their country and its allies.
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"Angela Merkel certainly does not speak about the United States"
North Korea presented a plan to fire four missiles over Japan to the US territory of Guam, a strategic outpost of US forces in the Pacific. Asked about German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said she did not see a military solution to the conflict, he said that she spoke only for her country.
"Maybe she's talking about Germany. She's certainly not talking about the United States, I can tell you," he said. Angela Merkel clearly expressed her discrepancies with the White House tenant on this issue, saying that the verbal escalation between Pyongyang and Washington was "a bad response".
The international scene is worried
Faced with an unprecedented escalation between Washington and Pyongyang, China urged the two countries to "exercise caution" and urged Pyongyang to avoid "demonstrations of strength." "We call on all parties to exercise caution in their words and actions, and to do more to alleviate tensions," said Geng Shuang, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Beijing advocates a "negotiated" resolution of the North Korean case, backing back Washington and Pyongyang. China has repeatedly proposed a dual "moratorium" to halt the crisis: the simultaneous halt to North Korean nuclear and ballistic tests and joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea.
In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he was "very worried" about the "very high" conflict risks between the United States and North Korea. "It is clearly time for all parties to focus on ways to reduce tensions," said Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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28,500 American soldiers south of the 38th parallel
A White House official said however, that the billionaire's words should not be seen as a sign of imminent military action. "There are military plans for almost all the crises in the world ... These plans are continually updated and present options to the president. There is nothing new," he said. Covered with anonymity.
The US military said on Friday it was "ready to fight" if the US president gave the order. The Pentagon currently has 28,500 soldiers south of the 38th parallel: air force, army, naval infantry (the famous Marines) and, of course, the navy. To protect the terrain from Kim Jong-Un's medium-range missiles, the United States deployed a missile shield, the THAAD, which can intercept launchers at high altitudes.