Trump wants China to put a 'heavy move' on North Korea, whatever that means

A confusing move.
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Johnny Lieu
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Trump wants China to put a 'heavy move' on North Korea, whatever that means
What's a "heavy move"? Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Donald Trump wants to China to go "heavy" on North Korea, but it's up to you to figure out what exactly that means.

North Korea launched an "unidentified ballistic missile" on Tuesday, which landed in waters east of the Korean peninsula, reported CNN.

Trump has been looking for increased sanctions on the hermit state, and in response to the launch he tweeted that he finds it "hard to believe that South Korea and Japan will put up with this much longer," and wants China to put a "heavy move" on North Korea.

Your guess on what exactly "heavy move" means is as good as ours.

Maybe it's a wrestling term? Considering that recent and now infamous CNN tweet by Trump, it wouldn't be surprising.

The phrase does however point to one, if not the most infamous incident involving Trump, in the eyes of some people on Twitter.

That being the leaked audio in which he talks about where he "moved heavily" on a woman, and later boasted how being a star allows one to grab women "by the p*ssy."

Perhaps that "heavy move" means military action.

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