--- title: President Trump on North Korea: "We Will Take Care of It" description: President Trump said Tuesday that he will "handle" North Korea after the country launched its first ballistic missile in months. canonical: https://time.com/5040023/donald-trump-north-korea-taxes/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-28T21:27:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:33:01.443Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Responds to North Korea Missile Launch og:description: "We will take care of it." og:url: https://time.com/5040023/donald-trump-north-korea-taxes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d9af48933bbb0b2/6988e707ab6d771cc26b0c24/gettyimages-880468372.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5760 og:image:height: 3240 og:image:alt: President Trump Honors Native American Code Talkers At White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Responds to North Korea Missile Launch twitter:description: "We will take care of it." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d9af48933bbb0b2/6988e707ab6d771cc26b0c24/gettyimages-880468372.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'We Will Take Care of It.' 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President Trump said Tuesday that he will “handle” North Korea after the country launched its first ballistic missile in months._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 28, 2017 9:27 PM UTC President Trump said Tuesday that he will “handle” North Korea after the country launched its first ballistic missile in months.  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 28, 2017 9:27 PM UTC President Trump said Tuesday that he will “handle” North Korea after the country [launched](http://time.com/5039694/north-korea-missile-launch-november/?xid=homepage) its first ballistic missile in months. “We will take care of it,” the president told reporters in the Roosevelt Room. “It is a situation that we will handle.” His comments came after Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi [pulled out of a planned meeting](http://time.com/5039373/donald-trump-twitter-democrats-meeting/?xid=homepage) when Trump attacked them on Twitter. Trump spoke to the press later Tuesday afternoon flanked by two empty chairs with Schumer and Pelosi’s name cards on them. The Democrats used to be “all talk, no action,” he said, and now they’re “not even talk.” Trump wondered if North Korea’s missile launch might bring Schumer and Pelosi back to the table, saying, “In light of the missile launch they will be here fairly quickly.” But he also said a government shutdown would be their fault. “I would absolutely blame Democrats if that happens,” he said. Trump’s remarks also came as the Senate Budget Committee approved a version of the GOP tax bill. Trump said he has “tremendous support” for the tax plan in Congress and described a meeting with Republican leadership as “very special” and “a lovefest.” “It goes now the next step,” Trump said of the bill, “and I think we’re going to get it passed and it’s going to be very popular.” ## Transcript [00:00] As you probably have have heard, and some of you [00:03] have reported a missile was launched a little while ago [00:07] from North Korea. Let me tell you that we will take care [00:10] of it. We have General Madison with us [00:14] and we've had a long discussion. It is a [00:18] situation that we will handle. With that being said [00:22] Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi did not show up for [00:26] our meeting today. I'm not really that surprised, we [00:29] have a lot of differences. They're weak on crime, [00:32] they're weak on illegal immigration. They want the [00:35] illegal Folks have come pouring [00:39] into our border and a lot of problems are being [00:41] caused, although we've stopped it. And the other [00:43] thing, they want tax increases and we want major tax [00:47] decreases, so they decided not to show up. They've [00:51] been all talk and they've been no action, and now it's [00:55] even worse, now it's not even talk. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5040023/donald-trump-north-korea-taxes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5040023/donald-trump-north-korea-taxes/"},"headline":"'We Will Take Care of It.' 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