"Talking is not the answer" – Trump on North Korea

President Donald Trump said, "talking is not the answer" when it comes to North Korea -- contradicting a statement from his top diplomat that the US will continue to seek a peaceful resolution to tensions with Pyongyang.

"The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!" Trump tweeted just days after North Korea launched a missile that flew over northern Japan. It was not immediately clear what Trump meant by "extortion money," though previous administrations have tried to defuse nuclear tensions by offering the North Korean regime food and aid packages.

The North Korean launch was "the first step of the military operation of the (North Korean military) in the Pacific and a meaningful prelude to containing Guam," North Korea state media said.

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