Congressman On Trump's North Korea Reaction: 'Twitter Shouting Match' With 32-Year-Old Dictator Is Not Helpful
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Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro on Sunday criticized President Trump's reaction to North Korea's continued weapons testing.
Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro has criticized President Trump's reaction to North Korea's continued weapons testing.
Commenting on Trump's "fire and fury" comment from early August and Sunday morning tweets after reports of a North Korean hydrogen bomb test, Castro said during an ABC News interview, "I don't think that it's helpful to get in to a Twitter shouting match with a 32-year-old dictator, Kim Jong-un, in North Korea."
Castro further asserted Trump has actually "escalated the tension" and that the president "needs to let his diplomats and his military generals and others handle this situation."
CNN reported Sunday on North Korea's announcement of a hydrogen bomb test, making it "the country's sixth-ever test of a nuclear weapon and first since US President Donald Trump took office."
Hours later, Trump posted a series of tweets.
"North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test," Trump tweeted. "Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States."
The president then said that its neighbors' efforts haven't been effective in reducing the threat posed by the reclusive Asian country.
"North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success," Trump said. "South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!"
Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro has criticized President Trump's reaction to North Korea's continued weapons testing.
Commenting on Trump's "fire and fury" comment from early August and Sunday morning tweets after reports of a North Korean hydrogen bomb test, Castro said during an ABC News interview, "I don't think that it's helpful to get in to a Twitter shouting match with a 32-year-old dictator, Kim Jong-un, in North Korea."
Castro further asserted Trump has actually "escalated the tension" and that the president "needs to let his diplomats and his military generals and others handle this situation."
CNN reported Sunday on North Korea's announcement of a hydrogen bomb test, making it "the country's sixth-ever test of a nuclear weapon and first since US President Donald Trump took office."
Hours later, Trump posted a series of tweets.
"North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test," Trump tweeted. "Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States."
The president then said that its neighbors' efforts haven't been effective in reducing the threat posed by the reclusive Asian country.
"North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success," Trump said. "South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!"