Donald Trump warns North Korea against 'fatal miscalculation' in World War 3 threat
DONALD Trump has warned North Korea against making a "fatal miscalculation" as tensions with the rogue state continue to soar.
Trump: World cannot tolerate 'menace' of North Korea's regime
The US President, who is currently visiting China on a diplomatic tour, issued the threat to Kim Jong-un in an ominous Twitter post.
Mr Trump wrote: "NoKo has interpreted America's past restraint as weakness. This would be a fatal miscalculation.
"Do not underestimate us. AND DO NOT TRY US."
Mr Trump arrived in Beijing earlier today to ask for President Xi Jinping's help to rein in North Korea, a close ally of China.
During his two-day visit, he will ask China to abide by UN resolutions and cut financial links with the regime, according to White House officials.
Mr Trump believes any talks with North Korea would require the hermit state to end its repeated military provocations.
Donald Trump issued the ominous threat to North Korea on Twitter
His trip to China comes after a speech to South Korea's National Assembly, in which used some of his toughest language yet against the North.
The address lodged specific accusations of chilling human rights abuses by Kim's communist regime in Pyongyang.
Mr Trump called on countries around the world to isolate Pyongyang by denying it "any form of support, supply or acceptance".
The Republican painted a dystopian picture of the reclusive North, saying people were suffering in "gulags" under crazed despot Kim.
The US President greets South Korean leader Moon Jae-in in Seoul
We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction
He went mostly on the attack the speech but did promise a "path to a much better future" if North Korea stopped developing ballistic missiles.
He told South Korean lawmakers: "We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction. We will not be intimidated.
"And we will not let the worst atrocities in history be repeated here, on this ground we fought and died to secure."
Donald Trump and First Lady Melania arrive in Beijing this afternoon
The North defends its nuclear weapons programme as a necessary defense against what it says are US plans to invade.
The United States, which has 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean war, denies any such intention.
Mr Trump said: "The world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens it with nuclear devastation."