US Defense Secretary James Mattis vowed "a massive military response" to any threat from North Korea against the United States or its allies. He delivered the statement outside the White House after a meeting with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and top national security advisers Sunday.
Mattis said Trump wanted to be briefed on each of the "many military options" for dealing with the North Korean nuclear threat.
Mattis called on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to "take heed" of the UN Security Council's unanimous position against North Korea's nuclear program and again stressed the US military's position.
"We are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely North Korea, but as I said, we have many options to do so," Mattis said.
President Donald Trump warned earlier that the United States was considering stopping trade with any nation doing business with North Korea as a way of dealing with the nuclear threat from Pyongyang.
If carried out, that option could mean a halt to US trade with China, which has supported economic sanctions on North Korea but remains the key economic partner for the rogue nation.
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