Trump urges China to get 'heavy' with North Korea
Trump has been urging China to pressure the Pyongyang regime to put the brakes on its nuclear missile programs
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with President Donald Trump as he is accompanied by China's first lady Peng Liyuan during a dinner at the start of a summit between President Trump and President Xi at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. PHOTO: REUTERS
WASHINGTON:
US President Donald Trump urged China to take decisive action against North Korea Monday after its latest ballistic missile launch, urging Beijing to "end this nonsense once and for all".
"Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?" Trump said of his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-Un after South Korea's military reported that a ballistic missile had come down in the Sea of Japan. The US military also confirmed the launch.
N.Korea fires ballistic missile that 'could reach Alaska'
"Hard to believe that South Korea and Japan will put up with this much longer," he wrote on Twitter.
"Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!"
The missile launch, which authorities in Seoul said was fired from a site near Panghyon in North Phyongan province, came only days after Trump hosted South Korea's new leader Moon Jae-In at the White House.
Xi told Trump US-China ties hit by 'negative factors': state media
Trump has been urging China - North Korea's closest diplomatic ally -- to pressure the Pyongyang regime to put the brakes on its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
But he recently declared that China's efforts had "not worked out", without spelling out what his administration planned to do so as a result.
US President Donald Trump urged China to take decisive action against North Korea Monday after its latest ballistic missile launch, urging Beijing to "end this nonsense once and for all".
"Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?" Trump said of his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-Un after South Korea's military reported that a ballistic missile had come down in the Sea of Japan. The US military also confirmed the launch.
N.Korea fires ballistic missile that 'could reach Alaska'
"Hard to believe that South Korea and Japan will put up with this much longer," he wrote on Twitter.
"Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!"
The missile launch, which authorities in Seoul said was fired from a site near Panghyon in North Phyongan province, came only days after Trump hosted South Korea's new leader Moon Jae-In at the White House.
Xi told Trump US-China ties hit by 'negative factors': state media
Trump has been urging China - North Korea's closest diplomatic ally -- to pressure the Pyongyang regime to put the brakes on its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
But he recently declared that China's efforts had "not worked out", without spelling out what his administration planned to do so as a result.