Overnight a large earthquake was detected in North Korea, but it was quickly assessed that they had actually tested another bomb.
Reuters wire update: CHINA EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION SAYS NORTH KOREA QUAKE IS A “SUSPECTED EXPLOSION”
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) September 3, 2017
And then, they declared that they had tested a hydrogen bomb.
Here’s more:
North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday, which it said was an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, marking a dramatic escalation of the regime’s stand-off with the United States and its allies.
The announcement from Pyongyang came a few hours after international seismic agencies detected a manmade earthquake near the North’s test site, which Japanese and South Korean officials said was around 10 times more powerful than the tremor picked up after its last nuclear test a year ago.
There was no independent confirmation that the detonation, which drew swift international condemnation, was a hydrogen bomb rather than a less powerful atomic device. But Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tokyo could not rule out the possibility that it was a hydrogen bomb.
Trump responded, that he had ALWAYS TOLD SOUTH KOREA not to appease North Korea:
North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017
..North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017
South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017
Uhhh, that’s idiotic. Trump thought he could force China to persuade North Korea to stop – how is that not a kind of appeasement? It sounds like he’s just covering his butt on this one, instead of honestly approaching this difficult problem, and that is not a good sign…
UPDATE:
El Trumpo will address the escalation from the Norks personally.
I hope it’s not more of the same message from the tweets.