Trump Wants $4 Billion to 'Detect, Defeat, and Defend' Against North Korea
BY CHRISTIANNA SILVA ON 11/6/17 AT 8:46 PM
President Donald Trump asked Congress for another $4 billion to counter North Korean threats, as he is expected to arrive in South Korea on Tuesday.
“This request supports additional efforts to detect, defeat, and defend against any North Korean use of ballistic missiles against the United States, its deployed forces, allies, or partners,” Trump wrote in a letter to Congress.
Trump is currently on a two-week long tour in Asia, and has made North Korea and their nuclear and missile programs the focus of his trip.
Before his arrival in South Korea, the state-run North Korean media told Trump to stop his “foolish remarks” or face “merciless punishment.”
“If the U.S. misjudges the DPRK's toughest will and dares to act recklessly, the latter will be compelled to deal a resolute and merciless punishment upon the former with the mobilisation of all forces,” the statement, first published in the newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Sunday, reads.
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