INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
North Korea has threatened to renew its insults of Donald Trump and consider him a "dotard" if he keeps using provocative language against
Kim Jong Un.The country's foreign ministry issued the warning days after the US president spoke of possible military action and revived his
"rocket man" nickname for the North Korean ruler.Choe Son Hui, Pyongyang's first vice foreign minister, said Mr Trump's remarks "prompted
the waves of hatred of our people against the US" because they showed "no courtesy when referring to the supreme leadership of dignity" of
North Korea.Dotards and Rocket Men: Trump and Kim's insultsShe said North Korea will respond with its own harsh language if Mr Trump again
uses similar phrases and shows that he is intentionally provoking North Korea."If any language and expressions stoking the atmosphere of
confrontation are used once again that must really be diagnosed as the relapse of the dotage of a dotard," Ms Choe said.North Korea first
called Mr Trump a "dotard" in 2017, with the Oxford English Dictionary defining the term as "a person whose mental faculties are impaired,
specifically, a person whose intellect or understanding is impaired in old age".During his visit to London this week, Mr Trump said his
relationship with Mr Kim was "really good" but called for him to follow up on a commitment to denuclearise.The US president said: "We have
the most powerful military we ever had, and we are by far the most powerful country in the world and hopefully we don't have to use it
But if we do, we will use it."Mr Trump added that Mr Kim "likes sending rockets up, doesn't he? That's why I call him rocket
man".Image:Donald Trump has called for Kim Jong Un to follow up on a commitment to denucleariseThe president's comments prompted North
Korea's military chief to warn that the use of force against the country would cause a "horrible" consequence for the US.Pak Jong Chon said
North Korea would take unspecified "prompt corresponding actions at any level" if the US takes any military action.:: Listen to the Behind
the Headline podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, SpreakerMr Trump has previously said he would rain "fire and fury" on
North Korea and derided Mr Kim as "little rocket man", while the North Korean leader questioned the US president's sanity and said he would
"tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire".However, the two leaders have avoided such words and developed better relations after North
Korea entered nuclear negotiations with the US last year, with Mr Trump even saying he and Mr Kim "fell in love".June 2019: Kim 'never
expected' Trump in N KoreaThe pair held face-to-face talks aimed at denuclearisation in Singapore in June 2018 and staged a failed summit in
Vietnam in February this year.But talks have stalled since then, and despite another meeting in the demilitarised zone that separates North
and South Korea in June, Pyongyang has restarted testing of short-range ballistic missiles.Mr Trump's national security adviser, Robert
O'Brien, said the US remains hopeful that a deal can be reached with North Korea.He said: "I don't want to say we're optimistic, but we have
some hope that the Koreans will come to the table and we can get a deal."
