On Sunday, President Trump said that he told Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that it is a waste of time to negotiate with North Korea in the midst of the escalating crisis on the Korean Peninsula.
I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017
...Save your energy Rex, we'll do what has to be done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017
However, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said North Korea had shown no interest in negotiating on matters related to its nuclear weapons program.
The war of words heightened between the two nations a month ago after Trump undermined on the floor of the United Nations to crush North Korea.
North Korea's foreign minister undermined to test a nuclear bomb in the Pacific Ocean because of Trump's address and said the president's tweets in regards to his nation added up to an assertion of war.
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