Tuesday, the President stated that the latest UN sanctions leveled against North Korea were only a small step and ultimately nothing compared to what is going to have to happen to deal with the North Korean nuclear threat.

In a unanimous vote, the UN Security Council decided to boost their sanctions against the Hermit Kingdom on Monday. The profitable textile exports from North Korea have been banned and their fuel supplies have caps applied to them – this prompted a threat of retaliation against the U.S.

Monday’s resolution was the NINTH since 2006 following North Korea’s sixth nuclear test this last month, which also happened to be its largest.

The draft the U.S. initially worked on was much tougher, but to win support from China and Russia – who both hold the power of veto in the council – the U.S. weakened the resolution. The U.S. stopped short of proposing a full embargo on oil exports to the country, which would have affected China’s bottom line as most of that oil comes from China.

Reuters reports:

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