North Korea calls Trump ‘thoughtless and sneaky old man' over tweets

Associated Press

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SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea insulted President Donald Trump again Monday, calling him a “thoughtless and sneaky old man” after he tweeted that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wouldn’t want to abandon a special relationship between the two leaders and affect the American presidential election by resuming hostile acts.

Former nuclear negotiator Kim Yong Chol said in a statement that North Korea wouldn’t cave in to U.S. pressure because it has nothing to lose, and he accused the Trump administration of attempting to buy time before an end-of-year deadline set by Kim Jong Un for Washington to salvage nuclear talks.

Nuclear negotiations faltered in February after a summit between Trump and Kim in Vietnam broke down when the U.S. side rejected North Korean demands for broad sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities.

Kim said North Korea will seek a “new way” if the United States maintains its sanctions and pressure, and he issued the deadline for the Trump administration to offer mutually acceptable terms for a deal.

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