Trump just talked about North Korea like a dad talks about a bratty kid

Get your act together or you will be in trouble, you North Korea you.
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Colin Daileda
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Trump just talked about North Korea like a dad talks about a bratty kid
Trump made the comments Thursday. Credit: AP/REX/Shutterstock

Oooooooooooooo North Korea's in troubleeeeeeeeeeeeee...

So sayeth the president of the United States, anyway.

President Donald Trump spoke about North Korea from Bedminster, New Jersey, on Thursday just days after he threatened the nation with "fire and fury," and North Korea issued a threat against Guam, a U.S. territory.

The president told reporters that perhaps his "fire and fury," comment wasn't rhetoric-y enough, adding that the leaders of North Korea should "get their act together" or it will be in trouble "like few nations have ever been."

“Frankly, the people who were questioning that statement, 'was it too tough?' Maybe it wasn’t tough enough,” he said. “They’ve been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years, and it’s about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. So, if anything, maybe that statement wasn’t tough enough.”

But also he assured the U.S. that "the people of this country should be very comfortable" while North Korea should be "very nervous" if it "does anything" like an "attack of anybody that we love or represent or allies or us."

And in case we weren't clear about the president's thoughts on North Korea, Trump decided to yell at the nation just how he (probably) used to yell at Ivanka and Eric and Donny Junior and also Tiffany and maybe Barron.

Get your act together or you will be in trouble, you North Korea you.

Jesus.

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Colin is Mashable's US & World Reporter. He previously interned at Foreign Policy magazine and The American Prospect. Colin is a graduate from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. When he's not at Mashable, you can most likely find him eating or playing some kind of sport.

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