Sen. Ed Markey Edward (Ed) John MarkeyMassachusetts town clerk resigns after delays to primary vote count Bogeymen of the far left deserve a place in any Biden administration Senate Democrats urge Amazon to recall, stop sales of explosive products MORE (D-Mass.) said Monday that the rhetoric coming from the Trump administration is moving the United States toward a military solution to the conflict with North Korea.

“All of this gets internalized by the North Korean leadership,” Markey told CNN’s “New Day.”

“And it takes us further and further away from a diplomatic rather than a military resolution of this issue.”

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Markey, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, argued that there is no military solution to dealing with North Korea’s aggression because the nation is “already a nuclear power.”

Instead, Markey said, the United States must negotiate with the Chinese to reach a diplomatic resolution.

“Otherwise, the consequences could be that, like in the Cuban missile crisis, with the wrong steps that are taken, it could in fact wind up with a thermonuclear confrontation that would not be good for the Korean Peninsula. And it definitely would not be good for the United States of America,” said Markey.

The senator also referenced the comments Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceControversial CDC guidelines were written by HHS officials, not scientists: report Former DeVos chief of staff joins anti-Trump group Scott Walker helping to prep Pence for debate against Harris: report MORE made during his visit to South Korea.

Pence on Monday mentioned the United States’ recent military strikes in Syria and Afghanistan, as he warned North Korea not to test the United States with another ballistic missile launch.

"Just in the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in Syria and Afghanistan," said Pence.

"North Korea would do well not to test his resolve — or the strength of the armed forces of the United States in this region."