WASHINGTON/SEOUL ¨C The White House on Wednesday defended Donald Trump¡¯s tweet about the size of his nuclear button, saying Americans should be concerned about the North Korean leader¡¯s mental fitness, not their president¡¯s.
On Tuesday, Trump responded to a New Year¡¯s Day speech in which North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he had a nuclear button on his desk by saying that his nuclear button ¡°is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!¡±
The tweet provoked strong criticism, especially from Trump¡¯s Democratic opponents, and former Vice President Joe Biden called it dangerously cavalier.
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