CIA chief dismisses threat of possible nuclear war with North Korea

CIA Director Mike Pompeo has denied claims that there’s an “imminent” threat of a nuclear war between the US and North Korea.

While addressing newsmen, Pompeo, explained that Donald Trump’s threats against Pyongyang can be described only as possible response for “certain actions.”

In a related development, North Korea has recalled top ambassadors from their US overseas positions for an emergency meeting amid heightened tensions with Donald Trump and his administration.

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The US and North Korea have recently been engaged in a war of words with Pyongyang describing Trump’s “fire and fury” threat if an American territory is targeted or attacked by Pyongyang as a “load of nonsense”.

Sensing that his “fire and fury” rage at North Korea may not have struck the right chord, President Donald Trump fired another warning at Kim Jong-Un’s government to “get their acts together” or face extraordinary “trouble”.

 

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