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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Trump Warns North Korea He's Weighing a 'Severe' Response to Missile Launch [Watch (HLS stream): Trump Warns North Korea He's Weighing a 'Severe' Response to Missile Launch](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/BsM2dfb4.m3u8) (0:50)  _Published 2017-07-06. President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Thursday that he's considering "some pretty severe things" in response to the isolated nation's unprecedented launch of a missile capable of reaching the U.S.._ --- Jul 27, 2023 10:13 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Report: North Korea Is Building New Missiles](/video/bkxIszb7/) ### Report: North Korea Is Building New Missiles [North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile Over Japan](/video/bZxHizpg/) ### North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile Over Japan [North Korea Launched a Ballistic Missile in the Direction of Japan Tuesday](/video/mPp9H6vV/) ### North Korea Launched a Ballistic Missile in the Direction of Japan Tuesday --- ## Transcript Poland joins the security council at a very critical time, it's a critical time frankly for the world because you see what's going on. Not only must we secure our nations from the threat of terrorism, but we must also confront the threat from North Korea, and that's what it is, it's a threat. And we will confront it very strongly. President Duda and I call on all nations to confront this global threat and publicly demonstrate to North Korea that there are consequences for their very, very bad behavior. As far as North Korea is concerned, I don't know. We'll see what happens. I don't like to talk about what I have planned. But I have some pretty severe things that we're thinking about. That doesn't mean we're going to do them. 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