North Korea‘s state media rebuffed comments that former President Donald Trump made about good ties with leader Kim Jong Un, saying “we do not care” and warned its nuclear arsenal stands ready for any U.S. leader.
The official Korean Central News Agency said in a commentary Wednesday that while Trump tried to advance personal relations, Pyongyang saw U.S. policy as remaining hostile, adding the former president “did not bring about any substantial positive change.”
The comments are the first from North Korea since Trump touted his personal ties with Kim when he addressed the Republican National Convention last week. Trump said he got along with Kim, who probably wanted the former president back in the White House. “I think he misses me, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said.
The KCNA commentary said personal relations and diplomacy should be kept separate. “Even if any administration takes office in the U.S., the political climate, which is confused by the infighting of the two parties, does not change and, accordingly, we do not care about this,” the commentary said.
Trump pledged to unleash “fire and fury” against Kim for tests of nuclear bombs and missiles to deliver them to the U.S. in 2017, while KCNA called him a “dotard” and labeled his envoys as “gangsters.” But after the two held a historic summit in Singapore in 2018, the tone changed dramatically, with North Korean officials saying the…
