“We must get rid of Donald Trump”

“We must get rid of Donald Trump”

NORTH Koreans have revealed what they really think of Donald Trump and US allies during a rare look inside the hermit kingdom.

60 Minutes reporter Tom Steinfort was given permission to travel to Pyongyang, where he interviewed government officials and locals on the looming military conflict. Washington and Pyongyang are locked in a dangerous standoff over North Korea’s development of nuclear-tipped missiles capable of hitting the continental United States.



When Steinfort asked one local who he believed the “real enemy” was. The man replied: “American Yankees”.

Another resident in Wonsan — which North Korea has earmarked as a future hotspot for a billion-dollar tourism industry — made concerning comments about Trump.

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“I say to Donald Trump, ‘Come to me. I will choke you with my H-bombs’,” he told Steinfort.

One boy who was playing an arcade game was asked if he was dreaming of shooting Americans.

“Americans and Japanese and South Koreans — they are the enemy,” he replied.

A North Korean government official told Steinfort most Western people “don’t know the reality of our country”.

“The reality is that we are enjoying a normal, happy life here,” he said.

The official insisted the world had nothing to fear from the DPRK, despite an increasingly volatile war of words between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump.

“But there is one threat to the world... it is not from DPRK but Donald Trump. We must get rid of this threat — we must get rid of Donald Trump I think,” he said.

“Donald Trump is going to turn our skyscrapers to ashes — total destruction of North Korea.”

The official said Australia “will be in trouble” if it followed the US into war.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she believes North Korea is using its nuclear arsenal to hold the world to ransom.

“It’s an issue we are dealing with,” she told Steinfort.

Sungju Lee escaped from North Korea aged 16 and is now living in Seoul. If he returned, he said he would be publicly executed.

“Seriously. I’m talking about North Korea now on TV,” he said.

“If I go back to North Korea first of all government will torture me and then force me to announce a certain script written by the government.

“Somebody has to tell the truth. The government tried to hide the sky with their palm, but they cannot hide everything.”