- Donald Trump has warns North Korea "do not try us" and said underestimating the US would be a "fatal miscalculation" in remarks to South Korea's National Assembly on Wednesday
- Trump appeared to abandon his earlier talk of "fire and fury" and said he wants to achieve "peace through strength."
- He offered North Korea a pathway to discussions if it abandons its nuclear program.
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Trump tells North Korea: 'This is a very different administration. Do not try us'
Trump said "This is a very different administration than the US has had in the past."
US President Donald Trump spoke directly to North Korea on Wednesday, warning "
"This is a very different administration than the US has had in the past," Trump said, adding that interpreting the US' "past restraint as weakness" would be a "
Trump said he wanted to achieve "peace through strength" and called on Russia and China to
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Abandoning his previous assertion that "talking is not the answer," Trump said he is offering North Korea "a path to much better future" if it ends its aggression, ballistic missile developments and abandons its nuclear weapons program.
However, there is little chance North Korea would agree to those terms.
Trump appeared to stay largely on script during the speech, but only mentioned Kim Jong Un's full name once. This may have been a deliberate move by speechwriters to reduce the chances of improvisation, which led to Trump calling Kim "Rocket Man" earlier this year.
Trump made no mention of his attempt earlier in the day to visit the Korean Peninsular's Demilitarized Zone. His surprise visit to the region had to be aborted due to bad weather.
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