World: Pence warns North Korea not to ‘test’ Trump, says the ‘era of strategic patience is over’

Vice President Mike Pence has issued a blunt warning to North Korea about its nuclear program Monday, saying the United States would no longer adhere to a policy of “strategic patience” and that the authoritarian state should take a lesson from the Trump administration’s recent actions in Syria and Afghanistan.

“The era of strategic patience is over,” Pence said, referring to President Obama’s nonconfrontational approach to North Korea. “President Trump has made it clear that the patience of the United States and our allies in this region has run out and we want to see change. We want to see North Korea abandon its reckless path of the development of nuclear weapons, and also its continual use and testing of ballistic missiles is unacceptable.”

Pence’s comments came as part of a full-court press by the Trump administration to intensify pressure on North Korea.

Source: LA times