President Trump gives North Korea the direst warning of his presidency

In this May 9, 2016 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un listens during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea. Since North Korea’s latest nuclear test, Pyongyang and Seoul have been openly trading threats of decapitation strikes and annihilating capitals populated by millions of civilians. And the talk of how each side might throw that first pre-emptive punch has become more detailed than ever. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

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President Donald Trump escalated tensions with the North Korean government on Friday by sending a message on Twitter claiming that the U.S. military was ready for a fight.

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“Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded,should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!” Trump wrote.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/895970429734711298

Trump’s message comes amid a week filled with verbal gesticulating between the U.S. and North Korea. The president made headlines earlier this week when he promised to deliver “fire and fury” on North Korea.

“They will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before,” Trump said of Kim Jong Un

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Speaking to reporters Friday, Secretary of Defense James Mattis offered a more sobering assessment of war with North Korea.

“The American effort is diplomatically led, it has diplomatic traction, it is gaining diplomatic results and I want to stay right there right now,” Mattis said.

“The tragedy of war is well-enough known it doesn’t need another characterization beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic.”

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