North Korea crisis: Donald Trump sends nuclear submarines as he ramps up WW3 tensions

DONALD Trump has sent two nuclear submarines towards North Korea ramping up fears of war breaking out.

By KATIE MANSFIELD

PUBLISHED: 11:30, Wed, May 24, 2017 | UPDATED: 11:44, Wed, May 24, 2017

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North Korea crisis: Donald Trump says Washington has two nuclear submarines off the Korean Peninsula

The US president told his Philippine counterpart Washington had sent two nuclear submarines to waters off the Korean Peninsula. 

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Donald Trump told Rodrigo Duterte the US has “a lot of firepower over there”, according to the New York Times  which quoted a transcript of an April 29 call between the two.

The US president said: “We can’t let a madman with nuclear weapons let on the loose like that. We have a lot of firepower, more than he has times 20, but we don’t want to use it.