Kim Jong-un warns Trump, 'a nuclear button is always on my desk'

 
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says, during a televised speech, that the US will never be able to start a war against his country, now that they have developed the capability to hit all of the US mainland with nuclear weapons. Video: Reuters

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