North Korea’s burgeoning nuclear program is posing an increasingly serious problem for President Trump.
The rouge regime may have crossed a major threshold in its quest to become a fully-fledged nuclear power by producing a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit onto a missile, according to a U.S. intelligence assessment obtained by The Washington Post.
The development raises the stakes for Trump, who on Tuesday issued a stunning, provocative warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“He has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as I said they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before,” the president said, arms folded and voice raised, to reporters at his New Jersey golf club.
The intelligence assessment suggests North Korea is coming close to crossing the Trump administration’s red line of Pyongyang obtaining an atomic weapon that can strike America.
