Trump: China should make Kim Jong Un ‘disappear’

Donald Trump on Wednesday said as president he would have China make North Korea’s leader “disappear.”

Trump, who went on the morning talk-show circuit Wednesday after winning the New Hampshire primary, was asked how he would respond to North Korea’s nuclear threat. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified Tuesday in a congressional hearing that North Korea’s nuclear capability is the top threat to the homeland.


“I would get China to make that guy disappear in one form or another very quickly,” Trump said on “CBS This Morning.” He didn’t clarify whether disappearing was equivalent to being assassinated but said, “Well, I’ve heard of worse things, frankly.”

“I mean, this guy’s a bad dude, and don’t underestimate him,” Trump said, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom he didn’t mention by name. “Any young guy who can take over from his father with all those generals and everybody else that probably want the position, this is not somebody to be underestimated.”

Trump maintained that China has control over North Korea and the U.S. has control over China — thus “China should do that,” he said.

“China has control — absolute control — over North Korea. They don’t say it, but they do,” Trump explained. “And they should make that problem disappear. China is sucking us dry. They’re taking our money. They’re taking our jobs. They’re doing so much. We have rebuilt China with what they’ve taken out.”