North Korea must denuclearise the peninsula amid World War 3 scares, Counsellor to the President, Kellyanne Conway has warned.
Speaking to Fox News, Donald Trump’s top aide said: “Well the President’s position, our position on North Korea has never changed.
“He continues to apply maximum pressure.”
Ms Conway added that the United States is “very happy” to see a more unified effort against Kim Jong-un’s regime.
She said: “North Korea must denuclearise the peninsula region and we’re very happy that there seems to be a more unified international effort in this regard, in that pursuit.
“You see the United Nations resolution on December 22, very recently, you see the previous resolutions unanimously in support of the United States position with respect to North Korea.”
Mr Trump’s aide added that North Korea is a threat to the entire world, not just the US.
She said: “This is key because this President has made clear from the beginning and constantly throughout the first year of his presidency that a nuclearised North Korea is not just a danger and a threat to America, and to any freedom and democracy loving people, but to the entire world and the world is responding.”
It comes after President Trump threatened North Korea with his “much bigger and more powerful” nuclear button following menacing undertones in Kim Jong-un’s speech on New Year’s Day.
Mr Trump wrote on Twitter: “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.’
“Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!”
North Korea has been fanning fears of World War 3 by refusing to heed calls for denuclearisation – with leader Kim engaging President Trump in an escalating war of words.
But Kim appeared to offer an olive branch to neighbouring South Korea – a close US ally – by suggesting North Korea could use the 2018 Winter Olympics to organise diplomatic talks with Seoul to defuse tensions with the international community.