Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson Benjamin (Ben) Solomon CarsonBiden cannot keep letting Trump set the agenda The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump heads to New Hampshire after renomination speech Five takeaways on GOP's norm-breaking convention MORE reportedly expressed concerns to colleagues that North Korea could wipe out the U.S. electrical grid, making the nation resemble the film “The Purge."

Carson made the comments at a Capitol Hill holiday party hosted by friend and former presidential campaign adviser Armstrong Williams, according to The Washington Post, in the midst of rising tensions between President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“Did you know that if North Korea detonated a nuclear weapon into our exosphere, it could take out our entire electrical grid?” Carson reportedly asked his acting chief of staff.

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“What’s that movie where there’s complete lawlessness and anarchy for one night a year?” he asked, according to the Post. “ ‘The Purge’! It will be like ‘The Purge’ all the time.”

North Korea has accelerated its nuclear program and has continued to test intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) during the last year. Pyongyang announced in November that it had developed an ICBM capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. It was also reported earlier this month that North Korea is preparing for another ICBM test in the coming weeks.

In his New Year’s Day speech, Kim warned that he has a nuclear launch button on his desk, to which Trump retorted on Twitter that his own nuclear button was “much bigger and more powerful.”

Trump and Kim have continued to exchange jabs through media and on Twitter. Trump has referred to the North Korean leader as “Little Rocket Man” and a “sick puppy.”

Vice President Pence, however, did not rule out talks with North Korean officials at the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month.