U.S. President Donald Trump says that he is "totally prepared" to use military options in North Korea, although they are not preferred.
 
Trump made the remark on Tuesday at a White House press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Brey. 
 
[Sound bite: U.S. President Donald Trump]
"We are totally prepared for the second option. Not a preferred option, but if we take that option, it will be devastating -- I can tell you that -- devastating for North Korea. That's called the military option. If we have to take it, we will."
 
The remark came after North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho threatened a day earlier that the North will shoot down American bombers even in international air space.
 
Trump added that the North Korean crisis should have been handled by past administrations, but that he'll "fix the mess."
 
He also called on all "responsible" nations to work together to isolate the "North Korean menace."

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