This is just another example of North Korea trying to create more tension prior to the end of the year in hopes of getting a deal with the Trump administration:
The lack of courtesy shown to Kim had “prompted the waves of hatred of our people against the U.S. and the Americans and they are getting higher and higher”, Choe said.
“It would be fortunate” if Trump’s remarks were simply “an instantaneous verbal lapse, but the matter becomes different if they were a planned provocation that deliberately targeted us”, she said.
North Korea would watch closely to see if Trump repeated the comments, Choe said.
“If any language and expressions stoking the atmosphere of confrontation are used once again on purpose at a crucial moment as now, that must really be diagnosed as the relapse of the dotage of a dotard,” she concluded.
Trump said on Tuesday he still had confidence in the North Korean leader but noted that Kim “likes sending rockets up”.
“…That’s why I call him Rocket Man,” Trump told reporters at a NATO meeting in London.
N. Korean leader visits Mt. PaektuThis photo, released by the Korean Central News Agency on Dec. 4, 2019, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) , alongside his wife Ri Sol- ju and North Korean officials, warming himself around a bonfire on a snow-covered Mount Paektu, a volcano on the North Korean-Chinese border. Kim looked around revolutionary battle sites in the highest peak on the Korean Peninsula, considered sacred by Koreans. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader visits islet defense detachmentNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) joins a group photo session with soldiers and their families during a visit to a defense detachment on Changrin Islet near the western sea border with South Korea, in this photo taken from the website of the Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 25, 2019. The agency stopped short of reporting when he made the visit. (Yonhap)
If Kim Jong-un needs a consultant to help him build better resorts in North Korea he could always call President Trump:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) inspects Mount Kumgang on the east coast, in this photo released by the state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Oct. 23, 2019.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un criticized his late father’s policy of depending on South Korea for the development of the Mount Kumgang resort on the east coast, ordering the removal of “all the unpleasant-looking facilities” built by the South.
During a “field guidance” visit to the mountain resort, Kim also ordered the construction of the country’s own “modern service facilities” and said the North “will always welcome our compatriots from the South” to the resort, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
“The mountain was left uncared for more than ten years to leave a flaw and the land is worthy of better cause. He made a sharp criticism of the very wrong, dependent policy of the predecessors who were going to rely on others when the country was not strong enough,” the Korean Central News Agency said in English.
“He instructed to remove all the unpleasant-looking facilities of the south side with an agreement with the relevant unit of the south side and to build new modern service facilities our own way that go well with the natural scenery of Mt. Kumgang,” it added.
N. Korean leader on horsebackNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) rides a white horse up a snow-covered Mount Paektu, the country’s highest peak on the border with China, after inspecting construction sites at the foot of the mountain, in this footage aired by the North’s Korean Central Television on Oct. 16, 2019. Kim is accompanied by senior party officials, including his sister, Kim Yo-jong (L) and Jo Yong-won. (Yonhap)
To Moon Chung-in, North Korea's threats to the country that has guaranteed South Korea's security for 70 years, UN & US sanctions designed to check those threats, & South Korea's eagerness to violate those sanctions are all America's fault. Nothing is ever Kim Jong-un's fault. https://t.co/OcAxuN38yX
This photo, released by North Korea’s Central News Agency on Aug. 17, 2019, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) reacting to the country’s test of a “new weapon” a day earlier. (Yonhap)
N. Korea’s test-fire of new rocket systemNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un (seated) observes the test-fire of a newly developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system on July 31, 2019, in this photo captured from the North’s Korean Central TV on Aug. 1. (Yonhap)
