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November 13, 2024
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Trump threatens to “destroy” North Korea: experts react

What should we make of the President's hardline speech?

U.S. President Donald Trump's first speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was hotly anticipated by North Korea watchers – and for good reason.

After months of increasingly hardline rhetoric from the White House on Pyongyang – from "fire and fury" to "all military options on the table" – the President's speech to world leaders did not represent any major change in tone.

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