Pence won't rule out NKorea meeting will 'see what happens'
The trip comes after  President Donald Trump  hosted a group of North Korean defectors in the Oval Office on Friday  including Ji Seong-ho  whom the president referenced in his State of the Union address last week. The White House cast the meeting as part of the Trump administrationâs âmaximum pressureâ campaign to counter the North Korean nuclear program. The plan centers around rallying the international community to further isolate North Korea both diplomatically and economically.
On Sunday  the North Korean government shot back that its nuclear missile program would âdeter  Trump  and  his  lackeys from showing off on the Korean peninsula.â
âIf  Trump  does not get rid of  his  anachronistic and dogmatic way of thinking  it will only bring about the consequence of further endangering security and future of the United States â the government said in comments carried by the Northâs official Korean Central News Agency.
 Trump  and other senior officials have repeatedly said that time is running out before North Korea gains the capability to strike the U.S. mainland with a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile. The isolated country has proven it can launch missiles of sufficient range  but has yet to develop a vehicle that can withstand the hazards of atmospheric re-entry.
The trip comes after   [TGT] hosted a group of North Korean defectors in the Oval Office on Friday  including Ji Seong-ho  whom the president referenced in his State of the Union address last week. The White House cast the meeting as part of  [TGT]  administrationâs âmaximum pressureâ campaign to counter the North Korean nuclear program. The plan centers around rallying the international community to further isolate North Korea both diplomatically and economically.
On Sunday  the North Korean government shot back that its nuclear missile program would âdeter  Trump  and  his  lackeys from showing off on the Korean peninsula.â
âIf   [TGT]   does not get rid of  his  anachronistic and dogmatic way of thinking  it will only bring about the consequence of further endangering security and future of the United States â the government said in comments carried by the Northâs official Korean Central News Agency.
 Trump  and other senior officials have repeatedly said that time is running out before North Korea gains the capability to strike the U.S. mainland with a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile. The isolated country has proven it can launch missiles of sufficient range  but has yet to develop a vehicle that can withstand the hazards of atmospheric re-entry.