U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to mock North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Twitter on Sunday, referring to him as "rocket man," a day after a teleconference with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in over Pyongyang's continued provocations.
"I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad!" Trump tweeted to his 38.5 million Twitter followers in reference to ramped-up U.N. economic sanctions against the isolated nation.
Trump and Moon spoke over the phone Saturday, with the two leaders discussing North Korea's launch of an intermediate-range missile over Japan on Friday, the second such firing in less than three weeks. The launch also came on the heels of its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, a blast that it claimed was of a hydrogen bomb.
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