Kim threatens Guam, Don rips talks, cabinet ignores ’em

NORTH KOREA on Wednesday once again threatened to attack the U.S. territory of Guam, while the Trump administration offered mixed signals in response.

The warning came as President Trump said diplomatic talks with North Korea will not be “the answer” — leaving open questions about how he intends to respond.

“The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!” Trump tweeted.

But hours later, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who was meeting with his counterpart from South Korea for talks on military readiness, appeared to contradict him.

“We’re never out of diplomatic solutions,” Mattis said.

The U.S. also flexed its own military might — conducting a successful missile defense test off the coast of Hawaii.

After having briefly tampeddown its incendiary comments, Kim Jong Un’s state-run media said North Korea’s missile launch this week over Japan was only a prelude to an imminent strike on Guam, which is a major U.S. military outpost.

The Korean Central News Agency said Kim presided over the launch of the “ultra-modern” rocket over Japan and was “very satisfied with the performance of the missile.”

Kim called for more weapons launches into the Pacific Ocean in the near future.

The agency did not disclose any other details about the supposed Guam attack.

Kim (right) is known for making extrem e threats of violence against his enemies, but has not followed through on any. Kim warned weeks ago that he might launch an attack on Guam by Aug. 15. The date passed without incident. But the hermetic country has been ramping up its tests of nuclear and long-range missiles in the past month. In its latest test, it flew a midrange missile over northern Japan on Tuesday. It landed in the water and no one was harmed. Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated this week that they are committed to collaborating on pressuring North Korea to disarm. Trump, who has hinted at massive military action agains t the North, said “all options” are being considered.

Trump didn’t spell out what he meant by “extortion” in his tweet, but he appeared to be referring to the $1.3 billion the U.S. has provided in aid to since 1995. Most of that has been food and fuel.

There’s been virtually no U.S. aid to North Korea since early 2009, and the country was recently smacked with more financial sanctions by the UN.

While the U.S. has been maintaining a diplomatic back channel with the reclusive Kim regime, the last formal negotiation between Washington and Pyongyang on the nuclear issue occurred in 2012.