North Korea Rips Trump’s ‘Fire and Fury’ Rant As a ‘Load of Nonsense,’ Threatens ‘Absolute Force’

It looks like the extreme rhetoric between North Korea and President Donald Trump is far from over.

One day after Trump threatened “fire and fury” if North Korea escalated nuclear tensions, and hours after the president tweeted about the strength of America’s nuclear arsenal, North Korea released a statement dismissing Trump’s comments while stating that only “absolute force” will work with the president.

Below is the full statement, via BuzzFeed News’ Jon Passantino:

N Korea’s KCNA carries military message rejecting Trump’s "fire and fury” threat as "a load of nonsense,” calls him "guy bereft of reason" pic.twitter.com/5orsJD6RHF

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 9, 2017

Last night, the North Koreans claimed they were seriously considering a plan to strike Guam, a US territory in the Pacific.

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