--- title: President Trump: Military "Locked and Loaded" On North Korea description: President Trump escalated threats against North Korea Friday, tweeting that the military is "locked and loaded" should the country act. canonical: https://time.com/4896820/trump-north-korea-military/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-11T11:56:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:57:16.872Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump: Military Solutions 'Locked and Loaded' og:description: On North Korea og:url: https://time.com/4896820/trump-north-korea-military/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt999fcd60b74b7971/6988d94b096a9462de69f1bf/trump-tweet-locked-loaded.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: trump-tweet-locked-loaded og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump: Military Solutions 'Locked and Loaded' twitter:description: On North Korea twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt999fcd60b74b7971/6988d94b096a9462de69f1bf/trump-tweet-locked-loaded.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump: Military Solutions 'Locked and Loaded' on North Korea  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 11, 2017 11:56 AM UTC  President Donald Trump speaks during a security briefing on August 10, 2017, at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey. President Donald Trump speaks during a security briefing on August 10, 2017, at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey.Nicholas Kamm—AFP/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 11, 2017 11:56 AM UTC President Trump [escalated threats](http://time.com/4894984/war-fiery-words-between-north-korea-us/?xid=homepage) against North Korea Friday morning, tweeting that military solutions are “locked and loaded.” “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely,” Trump tweeted from New Jersey. “Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/895970429734711298) Tensions have been rising between [Trump and North Korea](http://time.com/4896078/donald-trump-north-korea-trouble-warning/?xid=homepage) as Kim has conducted new missile tests and [laid out plans](http://time.com/4894948/north-korea-plan-guam-missiles/?xid=homepage) to attack [Guam](http://time.com/4895904/north-korea-guam-why-threatening-donald-trump-missiles/). While Trump has said North Korea will face “fire and fury,” he has declined to say whether he’s considering a [preemptive military strike](http://time.com/4896643/susan-rice-north-korea-catastrophic/?iid=sr-link1) against the country. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4896820/trump-north-korea-military/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4896820/trump-north-korea-military/"},"headline":"President Trump: Military Solutions 'Locked and Loaded' on North Korea","datePublished":"2017-08-11T11:56:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:57:16.872Z","description":"President Trump escalated threats against North Korea Friday, tweeting that the military is \"locked and loaded\" should the country act.","url":"https://time.com/4896820/trump-north-korea-military/","keywords":["North Korea","Military","president trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt999fcd60b74b7971/6988d94b096a9462de69f1bf/trump-tweet-locked-loaded.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt999fcd60b74b7971/6988d94b096a9462de69f1bf/trump-tweet-locked-loaded.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump-tweet-locked-loaded","caption":"President Donald Trump speaks during a security briefing on August 10, 2017, at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey.","creditText":"Nicholas Kamm—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/north-korea/","name":"North Korea"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4896820/trump-north-korea-military/","name":"President Trump: Military Solutions 'Locked and Loaded' on North Korea"}}]}] ```