Trump stirs ’rocket man’

DONALD Trump has taunted Kim Jong-un in a tweet about the rogue North Korean leader’s nuclear ambitions.

The US president spoke Saturday night with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in, pledging joint “steps to strengthen deterrence and defence capabilities and to maximise economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea,” according to the White House.

Mr Trump’s own account of the conversation, which kicked off an unbridled salvo of Sunday morning tweets, struck a less diplomatic tone.

“I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night,” Mr Trump tweeted to his 38 million followers.

“Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea.

“Too bad!”