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Thousands of North Koreans have taken to the streets of the country's capital to show their support for the government, after they blasted Trump's threat as "nonsense".

People turned out in force to back the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) government as tension rise between the secretive state and the US.

Supporters were pictured waving banners and signs at the mass rally held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang yesterday.

State news agency KCNA said Trump “let out a load of nonsense about ‘fire and fury’,” adding “sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and only absolute force can work on him.”

Propaganda slogans were held up by supporters, one reading: "Let's become bullets and bombs devotedly defending respected Supreme Leader Comrade Kim Jong Un!"

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Another said: "We fully support the statement of the DPRK government categorically rejecting the 'sanctions resolution' against the DPRK!"

On Monday, Trump warned any threat to America would be met with "fire and fury", prompting the North Korean government to respond.

Kim Ki Nam, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK, member of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee, said in a statement:

"We will further increase the might of justice to wipe out the source of all injustice and evils now that the gangster-like acts of the U.S. have reached the height, and clearly show what miserable and wretched fate those standing in the way of the DPRK will have to face."

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The secretive state revealed on the country's news channel yesterday some of the significant details of a proposed impending nuclear strike on Guam, believed to be carried out in 'mid August'.

A newsreader reported: “The Hwasong-12 rockets to be launched by the KPA (Korean People’s Army) will cross the sky above Shimane, Hiroshima and Koichi Prefectures of Japan, flying 3,356.7 km (2,085.8 miles) for 1,065 seconds before hitting the waters 30 to 40 km away from Guam.”

There's a plan for four missiles to be launched towards the US territory.

Speaking to Fox News today, Trump's deputy assistant, Sebastian Gorka, said that targeting America is like 'committing suicide'.

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He told a reporter: "“You don’t go to war with America, whoever you are, unless you wish to commit suicide.

“We aren’t just a superpower, we are a hyperpower.

“World history has never seen a nation as powerful as our great nation.

“Therefore, North Korea needs to understand that blackmail stops.

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“If you get into an arms race with the United States of America, you will lose, whoever you are.”

He also spoke to BBC Radio, revealing that Trump will use “any appropriate measures” to protect the United States from threats from North Korea.

Mr Gorka added: "Donald Trump has been unequivocal: he will use any appropriate measures to protect the United States and her citizens.”

“We do not telegraph our future scenarios and how we are going to react,” he said.

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“If you show players around a table your poker hand, you will lose that game. It is not a good idea in cards, it is a very bad idea in geopolitics.”

Meanwhile, protesters in the US gathered outside the White House yesterday to call for peaceful negotiations with North Korea.

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Groups held up signs reading: “Diplomacy not war with North Korea”, “Peace on Earth” and “No nukes, not here, not there, not anywhere.”

Women also held up signs saying: “Women say no war, no nukes.”