Trump: US 'Totally Prepared' for Military Option on North Korea
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States was totally prepared for a military option in dealing with North Korea, while his administration announced new sanctions in response to the country's nuclear and missile activity.By Steve Herman, Carla Babb September 26, 2017 "We are totally prepared for the second option, not a preferred option, but if we take that option it will be devastating, I will tell you that – devastating for North Korea. That's called the military option. If we have to take it, we will," he said. During a joint news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at the White House, Trump said North Korea must no longer be allowed to "threaten the entire world with unthinkable loss of life." He thanked countries like Spain and China for taking steps to isolate the North Korean regime. "All nations must act now to ensure the regime's complete denuclearization," Trump said in the White House Rose