North Korea's state media on Tuesday likened the "America First" policy of President Trump's to "Nazism in the 21st century."

Trump's policy is the "American version of Nazism far surpassing the fascism in the last century in its ferocious, brutal and chauvinistic nature," the Korean Central News Agency said, according to Fox News.

It calls the sanctions on North Korea "an unethical and inhumane act, far exceeding the degree of Hitler's blockade of Leningrad."

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The comments come after President Trump said earlier this month that China has tried to help the United States solve increased tensions with North Korea, but "it has not worked out."

"At least I know China tried!” Trump tweeted the day after an American detained for 17 months in North Korea died following his release and return home.

A recent report said the U.S. and China had reaffirmed their commitment to a "complete, verifiable and irreversible" denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Trump campaigned on his "America First" policies and has used the phrase often since assuming office.

In his inauguration speech, Trump said: "From this moment on, it's going to be America first."