A tweet written by Donald Trump but not sent at the last minute could have sparked war with North Korea, the veteran investigative journalist Bob Woodward has claimed. In an interview with CBS News, the reporter who exposed the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s teased a section from his upcoming book ‘Fear: Trump in the White House’. Last year the US president said North Korea “will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen” if it escalates its nuclear threat, after US media reported the authoritarian state had produced a miniaturised warhead. The spat escalated, with Kim being branded “little rocket man” by Trump, to which he was called a “dotard” by the North Korean leader. Against all the odds, denuclearisation talks seemed to be progressing, after the pair met face-to-face in June.

Source: Huffington Post September 09, 2018 16:38 UTC