The US President’s threat to “totally destroy” North Korea is being exploited by Kim Jong-un for his own propaganda and military mobilisation.
The leader of the hermit state does not want to appear weak and has used Mr Trump’s threats to justify its military mobilisation and reluctance to engage in dialogue.
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who recently visited North Korea, said: “There was a menace in the air.
“There were these billboards showing the destruction of the US.
“There was much more rhetoric about the US as the enemy.
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“I left feeling that there is a real risk of a war that would be just catastrophic and that we may be headed for miscalculations on both sides that make a war not likely, but a significant possibility.”
Mr Kristof visited the Korean War museum, which accused Americans of using biological weapons in warfare.
He said he learned Pyongyang will not give up its nuclear weapons as the country sees “nuclear warheads as crucial to it survival”.
North Korea military officer Hwang Myong-jin said: “The American Trump uttered nonsense about demolishing our country.
“So as soon as our supreme leader gives us an order, we will turn the entire country of the US into fire.”
One propaganda image shows a North Korean soldier stepping onto the face of an American soldier and says “Death to invaders”.
Senior Foreign Ministry official Ri Yong-pil said: “The current Trump administration’s aggressive remarks about how he can totally destroy my country make it unthinkable that we can start any dialogue.”
According to a Stanford University assessment, on the first day of war between the United States and North Korea one million people could be killed.
Earlier this year, Pyongyang promised to strike the “heart” of the US if American officials were to attack the country’s leader.
In September, images were released of gruesome art propaganda depicting Americans murdering Koreans.
The mood in the Korean peninsula region remains extremely tense as Kim and Mr Trump continue to exchange threats and insults over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile development program.