Trump warns time for ‘patience’ on N. Korea is over

The time for “strategic patience” with North Korea is over, US President Donald Trump warns, after winning Japan’s backing for his policy of considering all options to rein in the rogue state.

Trump describes the North’s nuclear program as “a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability” on the second day of an Asian tour dominated by the crisis.

The president has signaled in the past that Washington could look beyond a diplomatic solution to the North’s nuclear weapons ambitions and consider military intervention.

“The era of strategic patience is over,” he declared alongside his host, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

— AFP

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