--- title: North Korea: Donald Trump Calls Country 'Hostile' on Twitter description: Trump took to Twitter Sunday to react to North Korea's claim that the country had detonated a hydrogen bomb during its sixth missile test canonical: https://time.com/4926103/donald-trump-north-korea-bomb-test/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-03T14:03:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:32:35.999Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump: North Korea Actions 'Hostile and Dangerous' og:description: The country claims it detonated a hydrogen bomb og:url: https://time.com/4926103/donald-trump-north-korea-bomb-test/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff08c1dc9e4b235/6988dc4ae76ad2071162f027/trump-north-korea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: US-JAPAN-DIPLOMACY-TRUMP-ABE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump: North Korea Actions 'Hostile and Dangerous' twitter:description: The country claims it detonated a hydrogen bomb twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff08c1dc9e4b235/6988dc4ae76ad2071162f027/trump-north-korea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Calls North Korea ‘Hostile and Dangerous’ After Latest Nuclear Test > Sponsored content. 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North Korea carried out a sixth nuclear test on Sunday morning, triggering a 5.7 magnitude tremor in the northeast of the country, which the rogue state claimed was caused by the detonation of a hydrogen bomb_  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Sep 3, 2017 2:03 PM UTC North Korea carried out a sixth nuclear test on Sunday morning, triggering a 5.7 magnitude tremor in the northeast of the country, which the rogue state claimed was caused by the detonation of a hydrogen bomb  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Sep 3, 2017 2:03 PM UTC President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Sunday morning to react to North Korea’s claim that the country had [detonated a hydrogen bomb](http://time.com/4926030/north-korea-nuclear-test-kim-jong-un/) as part of its sixth missile test, characterizing the actions as “hostile and dangerous to the United States” and criticizing China and South Korea. The tweets come before Trump met with his national security team to discuss the development. He is expected to do so later on Sunday, said White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The nuclear test triggered a 5.7 magnitude tremor in the northeast part of North Korea, which the country claimed was the detonation of the hydrogen bomb that can fit inside a ballistic missile. “Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States,” [Trump wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/904305644651634688) at 7:30 A.M. eastern time, calling the detonation “a major Nuclear Test.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/904305644651634688) Trump also criticized North Korea’s neighbors, China and South Korea, claiming the test was an “embarrassment” to the former and an indication the latter’s tactic of appeasement was failing. “..North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success,” [he wrote](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/904307898213433344). “South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/904307898213433344) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/904309527381716992) The language of his tweets were not as strong as the rhetoric he employed after [reports last month](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/north-korea-now-making-missile-ready-nuclear-weapons-us-analysts-say/2017/08/08/e14b882a-7b6b-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.2ded9f392f4c) that North Korea had developed a warhead that could fit inside a missile. “They will be met with [fire and fury](http://time.com/4896078/donald-trump-north-korea-trouble-warning/) like the world has never seen,” Trump [said at the time](http://time.com/4892102/donald-trump-north-korea-news/). “He has been very threatening beyond a normal state. And as I said they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before.” ## Transcript ( Korean language ). [ MUSIC ] Mr. President. 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