North Korea strike is 'unthinkable': Donald Trump threats condemned by Jeremy Corbyn
DONALD TRUMP’S threat to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea has been condemned by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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Any North Korea strike by Donald Trump would be "unthinkable"... even if in retaliation if despot dictator Kim Jong-un attacked the United States, according to Jeremy Corbyn.
US President Mr Trump boasted about America’s nuclear arsenal after reports emerged from Pyongyang suggesting the rogue state’s leaders had met to consider the ramifications of targeting the US territory of Guam with a ballistic missile strike.
While on a campaigning trip to Cornwall, Mr Corbyn urged Mr Trump to “ratchet down the rhetoric” and said the situation between North Korea and the United States was “obviously extremely dangerous”.
Hopefully one day North Korea will come into the orbit of the rest of the world
The Labour Party leader called for international talks, as well as claiming one day he would like to welcome North Korea to the “orbit of the rest of the world”.
The long-standing anti-nuclear campaigner said: “We don’t need a world with nuclear weapons, and there’s no such thing as an isolated nuclear strike and so we need to ratchet down the rhetoric… on both sides.
“Hopefully one day North Korea will come into the orbit of the rest of the world… there is no such thing as an isolated nuclear attack, it would kill millions, on both sides of the Korean border and, of course, in neighbouring countries.”
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A former CIA employee has warned Mr Trump’s “unpredictability” may lead to World War 3 if he launched a pre-emptive strike against North Korea.
Bruce Klingner, who spent 20 years analysing the rogue state for the CIA, said the US President’s “unpredictability” is adding to growing global concern over war threats.
Mr Klingner insisted Mr Trump’s messages were “over the top” and “generated more concern”.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It seems to be language written by the same speech as that for Kim Jong-un. The language is very bombastic.
“It’s over the top, i don’t think it’s helpful in trying to generate international support for the United States.
“In a sense, it generates more concern about US intentions. It seems to affirm the growing perception that the US may be considering a preventative attack on North Korea.”