Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Trump advisers won't explain North Korea comments

U.S. President Donald Trump's top advisers are deferring to others to further explain what the American president meant by saying threats from North Korea will be met with 'fire and fury."

The Trump staffers had been hoping to focus on the burgeoning opioid epidemic in the United States, with the President laying out a strategy that emphasizes law enforcement amd border controls and not treatment for addicits.

The meeting came after the Washington Post reported, the internal U.S. military intelligence agency believes North Korea has built a miniature nuclear weapon which could fit on a missile.

Reporters asked adviser Kellyanne Conway to further explain the president's comments.

IN: "Can you...
OUT: ...comment further."
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