President Donald Trump sent "the wrong message" to North Korea in his remarks Tuesday, according to Maryland Democrat Sen. Ben Cardin.
Trump said that the U.S. would deliver "fire and fury" if North Korea continues to make threats about its nuclear weapons program.
"I think the international community is looking to the U.S. for leadership to avoid a military confrontation with North Korea that could well involve nuclear weapons. And what the president said was just not helpful, but also raises the question to the international community whether the United States has a game plan for North Korea in order to change the equation," Cardin said on MSNBC Wednesday morning.
"I think it was just the wrong message and elevated the situation rather than showing the international community that there is hope for a diplomatic solution," Cardin said.
"I think the best course of action is to continue to work with the international to change the equation, particularly for China," he continued. "So China becomes much more engaged in working to get North Korea to at least freeze their program, to sit down and talk."
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