Kim says in speech that he has nuclear arsenal at his fingertips

Kim Jong Un used his annual New Year’s Day speech Monday to announce that he has a nuclear button on his desk that puts the U.S. mainland within the range of his weapons.

The North Korean leader said he would not use the weapons unless threatened.

“The United States should know that the button for nuclear weapons is on my table,” he said during the nationally televised speech, according to a translation by the Associated Press. The entire U.S. mainland, he said, “is within our nuclear strike range.”