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Trump Taunts Kim: My 'Nuclear Button' Is 'Much Bigger' Than Yours

In the latest tweet to ratchet up tensions with Pyongyang, the president responded to the North Korean leader's New Year's address in which he warned that his missiles could reach all of the U.S.

Updated at 1:55 a.m. ET

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are once again publicly comparing the size of their respective nuclear arsenals, with the president tweeting that the U.S. "nuclear button" is "much bigger &

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