GETTY North Korea has mocked Donald Trump in an official statement

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North Korea’s state media, which regularly vilified the then-President Obama has now hit out at the Trump administration accusing the new government of still failing to respond to Kim Jong-un’s threats. An unnamed Foreign Ministry official from the communist nation has spoken out after Trump’s Secretary of State Rex Tillerson vowed America’s strategy towards Kim Jong-un would change. But the official hit back claiming the Trump administration would be no different than Obama’s government.

REUTERS North Korea test launched four missiles at the beginning of March

They told the North’s official Korean Central News Agency: “[Rex] Tillerson admitted the failure of the US efforts to denuclearise the DPRK [North Korea] for 20 years and end of Obama’s policy of ‘strategic patience’ during his recent tour. “Now Tillerson is repeating what Obama touted… until he left the White House.” The official’s comments come after North Korea test fired four missiles, a rocket engine earlier this month and conducted a failed launch this week.

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Now Tillerson is repeating what Obama touted… until he left the White House North Korea Foreign Ministry official

Kim Jong-un claimed at the beginning of this year that his country was close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of reaching the United States. President Donald Trump responded to the recent rocket engine test launch by saying Kim Jong-un was “acting very, very badly” but he has previously vowed to retaliate if North Korea’s nuclear capabilities continue to escalate. But a security expert also claims the Trump administration will continue with Obama and other former presidents’ policy of “strategic patience”. David Wright, co-director of the Global Security Program for the Union of Concerned Scientists said: “If you look at Tillerson’s full statements, they were much more of a continuation of current policy than has been portrayed in the press, with an emphasis on expanding sanctions.

GETTY Rex Tillerson speaking in South Korea about how America will change its respond to North Korea

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