North Korea 'sentences Trump to death' for insulting Kim Jong-un
North Korea’s state media has criticised Donald Trump for
insulting leader Kim Jong-Un, saying the US president deserved the death
penalty and calling him a coward for cancelling a visit to the inter-Korean
border.
An editorial in the ruling party
newspaper Rodong Sinmun focused its anger on Trump’s visit to South Korea last
week, during which he denounced the North’s “cruel dictatorship” in a speech to
legislators in Seoul
The visit was part of a marathon five-nation
Asia tour by the US president aimed largely at galvanising regional opposition
to the North’s nuclear weapons ambitions.
“The worst crime for which he can never be
pardoned is that he dared [to] malignantly hurt the dignity of the supreme
leadership,” the editorial said.
“He should know that he is just a hideous
criminal sentenced to death by the Korean people,” it added.
Since becoming president, Trump has engaged in an escalating war
of words with Kim Jong-un, trading personal insults and threats of military
strikes and raising concerns about an outbreak of hostilities.
Towards
the end of his Asia tour, he sent a tweet from Hanoi that took the
verbal jousting to a new level, taunting the North Korean leader over his
height and weight.
“Why
would Kim Jong-Un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him
‘short and fat’?” he tweeted.
The
members of the ruling Kim dynasty – past and present – enjoy near god-like
status in North Korea, which has demonstrated extreme sensitivity to any
remark that might be seen as mocking or disrespectful of the leadership.
The editorial also took a dig at Trump’s
failure to tour the demilitarised zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas – a
traditional stop-off for senior US officials visiting the South.
Trump’s helicopter taking him to the DMZ had
turned back after just five minutes due to bad weather – an explanation the
newspaper dismissed.
“It wasn’t the weather,” the editorial said:
“He was just too scared to face the glaring eyes of our troops.”
FROM THE Guardian News.com
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