{"id":34205,"date":"2017-09-25T15:46:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:52:06","slug":"north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/","title":{"rendered":"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration said Monday it\u2019s not seeking to overthrow North Korea\u2019s government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un \u201cwon\u2019t be around much longer\u201d and called Pyongyang\u2019s assertion absurd that Donald Trump\u2019s comment amounted to a declaration of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the fiery rhetoric carrying over from a week of threatening exchanges at the U.N. General Assembly only further fueled fears the adversaries might stumble back into open military conflict. The Korean War ended seven decades ago without a formal peace treaty and tensions related to the North\u2019s nuclear advances have escalated for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the U.N. on Monday, the North\u2019s top diplomat, Ri Yong Ho, argued that Trump\u2019s Twitter blast gives it the right to shoot down U.S. warplanes, like the strategic bombers Washington flew close to the border between the two Koreas over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s Saturday tweet said: \u201cJust heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won\u2019t be around much longer!\u201d Trump also used \u201crocket man\u201d for Kim in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the comments may be read as an implicit threat to eliminate Kim, administration officials said Washington hadn\u2019t changed its policy and the U.S. isn\u2019t seeking regime change in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have not declared war on North Korea. Frankly the suggestion of that is absurd,\u201d White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s never appropriate for a country to shoot down another country\u2019s aircraft when it\u2019s over international waters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur goal is still the same. We continue to seek the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/24\/north-korea-trump-insult-makes-attack-on-us-more-inevitable\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17266679008160.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea: Trump insult makes attack on US &#8216;more inevitable&#8217;<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea\u2019s foreign minister told world leaders Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s insult calling leader Kim Jong Un \u201crocket man\u201d makes \u201cour rocket\u2019s visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the more.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cabinet officials, particularly Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, have insisted the U.S.-led campaign diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea is focused on eliminating the pariah state\u2019s nuclear weapons program, not its totalitarian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the more Trump muddies the picture, the tougher it may become to maintain cooperation with China and Russia, which seek a diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis and not a new U.S. ally suddenly popping up on their borders. It also risks snuffing out hopes of persuading Kim\u2019s government to enter a negotiation when its survival isn\u2019t assured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military maneuvers are adding to tensions along the two Koreas\u2019 heavily militarized border. In a show of might to North Korea, U.S. bombers and fighter escorts flew Saturday to the farthest point north of the border between North and South Korea by any such American aircraft this century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Rob Manning said Monday the operation was conducted in international airspace and legally permissible. The U.S. has a \u201cdeep arsenal of military options to provide the president so that he can then decide how he wants to deal with North Korea,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are prepared to defend ourselves and our allies from an attack and are prepared to use the full range of capabilities at our disposal against the threat from North Korea,\u201d Manning told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/23\/us-flies-mission-in-airspace-east-of-north-korea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17266663641511.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US flies mission north of DMZ, sends message to North Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In a show of American military might to North Korea, U.S. bombers and fighter escorts flew on Saturday to the farthest point north of the border between North and South Korea by any such American aircraft this century. The Pentagon said the mission in international airspace showed how seriously President Donald Trump takes North Korea\u2019s \u201creckless behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea\u2019s Ri said Monday that the world doesn\u2019t want \u201cthe war of words\u201d between his country and the U.S. to \u201cturn into real action.\u201d He said Trump\u2019s claim that \u201cour leadership wouldn\u2019t be around much longer\u201d exacerbates the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven the fact that this comes from someone who is currently holding the seat of (the) United States presidency, this is clearly a declaration of war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has responded to past U.S. slights by equating them to declarations of war \u2014 a state that still formally exists between them because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a formal peace treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2013, North Korea declared its relations with South Korea, a close U.S. ally, in a \u201cstate of war\u201d after U.S. and international condemnation of a nuclear test explosion. Three years later, North Korea said U.S. sanctions on leader Kim and other top officials were tantamount to a war declaration. After that, the North severed a tenuous diplomatic channel to the State Department, which was renewed once Trump took office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we see is another case of North Korean \u2018coercion by bluster\u2019,\u201d said Bruce Bennett, a Rand Corp. analyst. \u201cThe North Korean regime is trying to convince the United States and President Trump in particular to back down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A rapid series of missile and nuclear tests this year have raised alarm that North Korea is nearing its longstanding ambition of having an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction capable of striking the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General Assembly gathering, usually a time for diplomacy, has only added to global unease over the nuclear standoff. In his first U.N. speech, Trump threatened to destroy Korea if it attacks the U.S. or its allies. Kim responded with a rare statement, calling Trump \u201cderanged\u201d and warning of a stern \u201ccountermeasure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hours later, Ri said the North\u2019s response could be to detonate a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific. Its past nuclear tests have been underground inside North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writers Lolita C. Baldor in Washington and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration said Monday it\u2019s not seeking to overthrow North Korea\u2019s government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un \u201cwon\u2019t be around much longer\u201d and called Pyongyang\u2019s assertion absurd that Donald Trump\u2019s comment amounted to a declaration of war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,8,12,26,62],"tags":[],"coauthors":[250],"class_list":["post-34205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-flashpoints","category-news","category-newsletters","category-pentagon-congress"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"AAJSI47RV5CCBKOS3XELTZ6VDE","arc_canonical_url":"\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea - Navy Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Trump administration said Monday it\u2019s not seeking to overthrow North Korea\u2019s government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un \u201cwon\u2019t be around much longer\u201d and called Pyongyang\u2019s assertion absurd that Donald Trump\u2019s comment amounted to a declaration of war.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Trump administration said Monday it\u2019s not seeking to overthrow North Korea\u2019s government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un \u201cwon\u2019t be around much longer\u201d and called Pyongyang\u2019s assertion absurd that Donald Trump\u2019s comment amounted to a declaration of war.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Navy Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-25T15:46:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T02:52:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew Pennington, The Associated Press\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew Pennington, The Associated Press\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2017-09-25T15:46:06+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T02:52:06+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 893,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP17268550679047.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Daily News Roundup\",\n\t                \"Flashpoints\",\n\t                \"News\",\n\t                \"Newsletters\",\n\t                \"Pentagon &amp; Congress\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea - Navy Times\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP17268550679047.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2017-09-25T15:46:06+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T02:52:06+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"The Trump administration said Monday it\u2019s not seeking to overthrow North Korea\u2019s government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un \u201cwon\u2019t be around much longer\u201d and called Pyongyang\u2019s assertion absurd that Donald Trump\u2019s comment amounted to a declaration of war.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP17268550679047.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP17268550679047.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/25\\\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Flashpoints\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"flashpoints\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Navy Times\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Independent News For Sailors | Navy Times\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Navy Times\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/navy-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/navy-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Navy Times\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea - Navy Times","description":"The Trump administration said Monday it\u2019s not seeking to overthrow North Korea\u2019s government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un \u201cwon\u2019t be around much longer\u201d and called Pyongyang\u2019s assertion absurd that Donald Trump\u2019s comment amounted to a declaration of war.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea","og_description":"The Trump administration said Monday it\u2019s not seeking to overthrow North Korea\u2019s government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un \u201cwon\u2019t be around much longer\u201d and called Pyongyang\u2019s assertion absurd that Donald Trump\u2019s comment amounted to a declaration of war.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/","og_site_name":"Navy Times","article_published_time":"2017-09-25T15:46:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T02:52:06+00:00","author":"Matthew Pennington, The Associated Press","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew Pennington, The Associated Press","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea","datePublished":"2017-09-25T15:46:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T02:52:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/"},"wordCount":893,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17268550679047.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Daily News Roundup","Flashpoints","News","Newsletters","Pentagon &amp; Congress"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/","name":"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea - Navy Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17268550679047.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-25T15:46:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T02:52:06+00:00","description":"The Trump administration said Monday it\u2019s not seeking to overthrow North Korea\u2019s government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un \u201cwon\u2019t be around much longer\u201d and called Pyongyang\u2019s assertion absurd that Donald Trump\u2019s comment amounted to a declaration of war.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17268550679047.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17268550679047.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/25\/north-korea-says-trump-has-declared-war-on-his-country\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Flashpoints","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/","ad_zone":"flashpoints"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"US says it\u2019s not pushing for regime change in North Korea"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/","name":"Navy Times","description":"Independent News For Sailors | Navy Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#organization","name":"Navy Times","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/navy-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/navy-logo-white.png","caption":"Navy Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Navy Times","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17268550679047.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34207,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34205\/revisions\/34207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34205"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=34205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}