Revealed, Donald Trump’s scribbled notes saying ‘we’ll take care of it’ as he hits back over North Korea’s nuke missile launch
FUMING Donald Trump referred to scribbled notes written with a black marker pen when he fired back at North Korea over its latest missile outrage.
The President was spotted with a piece of paper which clearly read 'MISSILE WAS LAUNCHED FROM NORTH KOREA - WILL TAKE CARE OF IT' as he addressed reporters in the White House.
Trump then told the press: "A missile was launched a little while ago from North Korea. I will only tell you that we will take care of it. It is a situation that we will handle."
The ICBM Hwasong-15 rocket flew for around 50 minutes, travelling some 620 miles before splashing down in the Sea of Japan.
However, experts say if the missile flew in an attack trajectory it would easily travel 8,000 miles - putting all of Kim's enemies in firing range.
And US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says North Korea’s missiles can now “threaten everywhere in the world”.
Pyongyang said the new powerful missile reached an altitude of around 2,780 miles - more than TEN TIMES the height of the international space station.
The launch comes after Trump slapped fresh sanctions on Pyongyang and declared it a state sponsor of terrorism.
One physicist said that the missile appeared to have a realistic range of just over 8,000 miles, which means Washington D.C. is now in range of Kim's attacks - and that Australia and Europe are too.
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"If these numbers are correct, then if flown on a standard trajectory rather than this lofted trajectory, this missile would have a range of more than 13,000 kilometers (8,100 miles)," David Wright, a co-director and senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, wrote on his organisation's blog.
"Such a missile would have more than enough range to reach Washington, DC, and in fact any part of the continental United States."
Trump earlier spoke by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, with all three leaders reaffirming their commitment to combat the North Korean threat.