Trump says North Korea diplomacy has failed, 鈥極nly one thing will work鈥�

U.S. President Donald Trump. (REUTERS)

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that diplomatic efforts with North Korea have consistently failed, adding that 鈥渙nly one thing will work.鈥�
Trump has engaged in an escalating war of words with North Korean strongman Kim Jong-Un, trading insults amid rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
鈥淧residents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for 25 years, agreements made and massive amounts of money paid,鈥� Trump tweeted.
It 鈥渉asn鈥檛 worked, agreements violated before the ink was dry, makings fools of US negotiators. Sorry, but only one thing will work!鈥�
The US has not ruled out the use of force to compel Pyongyang to halt missile and nuclear tests, and Trump has threatened to 鈥渢otally destroy鈥� the country.
The mercurial American president also told journalists at a recent gathering with military leaders to discuss Iran, North Korea, and the Daesh group that this 鈥渃ould be the calm before the storm,鈥� declining to clarify his remarks.
Last week, as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson flew home from meeting with top Chinese officials, Trump tweeted that his envoy was 鈥渨asting his time鈥� in trying to probe North Korea鈥檚 willingness to talk.
The message came after Tillerson had revealed there were backchannels between US and North Korean officials.