China’s Cooperation in Stopping North Korea Could Avoid Military Option

An undated picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 5, 2017. STR/AFP/Getty Images

The North Korean regime is continuing its development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, as well as its threats against the United States and U.S. allies. President Donald Trump said that the problem is at a point “where it’s very, very far advanced,” and that “we can’t let this go on.”

Trump gave his comments during an Oct. 11 interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, noting that the problem with North Korea “should have been handled 25 years ago,” but was allowed to continue under previous administrations. With North Korea now claiming it is on the brink of developing nuclear missiles that could reach the United States, “something has to be done,” Trump said.