North Korean general says Trump is 'bereft of reason'

Supporters of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.
(Image credit: Kim Won-Jin/AFP/Getty Images)

The war of words between President Trump and North Korea escalated on Wednesday, when a North Korean general called Trump's promise of "fire and fury" if the country continued to threaten the U.S. with nuclear weapons a "load of nonsense."

State-run news agency KCNA aired a statement by Gen. Kim Rak Gyom, who said "sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and only absolute force can work on him." He then attacked Trump for going on what the president calls a "working vacation" at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, accusing him of playing golf while "failing to grasp the ongoing grave situation."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.