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RUSH TRANSCRIPT STEPHANOPOULOUS The ░░░░░░░░ on that North Korean ░░░░░░░░ threat All week long ░░░░░░░░ Trump has ratcheted up ░░░░░░░░ rhetoric From fire and ░░░░░░░░ to locked and loaded ░░░░░░░░ Jong UN has responded ░░░░░░░░ kind with threats of ░░░░░░░░ missile testing aimed at ░░░░░░░░ And as the tensions ░░░░░░░░ our chief global affairs ░░░░░░░░ Martha Raddatz is on ░░░░░░░░ front lines of a ░░░░░░░░ war reporting from Seoul ░░░░░░░░ Korea Good morning Martha ░░░░░░░░ RADDATZ ABC News CHIEF ░░░░░░░░ AFFAIRS ANCHOR Good morning ░░░░░░░░ In the past week ░░░░░░░░ has been a doubling ░░░░░░░░ tripling down on the ░░░░░░░░ rhetoric President Trump has ░░░░░░░░ launching at Kim Jong ░░░░░░░░ And the North Korean ░░░░░░░░ has verbally fired back ░░░░░░░░ threats that if acted ░░░░░░░░ could begin a horrific ░░░░░░░░ of violence BEGIN VIDEOTAPE ░░░░░░░░ on camera This morning ░░░░░░░░ 35 mile trip to ░░░░░░░░ border to the demilitarized ░░░░░░░░ where some 14 000 ░░░░░░░░ Korean artillery pieces point ░░░░░░░░ South Korea s capital ░░░░░░░░ direct threat to the ░░░░░░░░ million people who live ░░░░░░░░ Seoul voice over Whenever ░░░░░░░░ are visitors to the ░░░░░░░░ soldiers stand guard soldiers ░░░░░░░░ the U S and ░░░░░░░░ South Korea We re ░░░░░░░░ course on the South ░░░░░░░░ said But where that ░░░░░░░░ ends and the sand ░░░░░░░░ that s North Korea ░░░░░░░░ over Lieutenant Commander Daniel ░░░░░░░░ ph has been at ░░░░░░░░ remote site for four ░░░░░░░░ a half years Like ░░░░░░░░ nearly 30 000 U ░░░░░░░░ forces elsewhere in South ░░░░░░░░ he says they are ░░░░░░░░ ready LT COMMANDER Daniel ░░░░░░░░ The rhetoric heat is ░░░░░░░░ more than I ve ░░░░░░░░ personally RADDATZ It is ░░░░░░░░ than anyone has ever ░░░░░░░░ from a U S ░░░░░░░░ Tuesday Trump North Korea ░░░░░░░░ not make any more ░░░░░░░░ to the United States ░░░░░░░░ will be met with ░░░░░░░░ and fury like the ░░░░░░░░ has never seen RADDATZ ░░░░░░░░ Trump If anything happens ░░░░░░░░ Guam there s going ░░░░░░░░ be big big trouble ░░░░░░░░ North Korea RADDATZ It ░░░░░░░░ Wednesday that Kim s ░░░░░░░░ threatened to send four ░░░░░░░░ to the waters off ░░░░░░░░ and called President Trump ░░░░░░░░ threats nonsense This bellicose ░░░░░░░░ for tat is fraying ░░░░░░░░ in the region With ░░░░░░░░ Jong UN believed to ░░░░░░░░ miniaturized a nuclear weapon ░░░░░░░░ many are urging restraint ░░░░░░░░ MALE President Trump came ░░░░░░░░ with the wording of ░░░░░░░░ and fury Which is ░░░░░░░░ we are so much ░░░░░░░░ RADDATZ on camera Which ░░░░░░░░ not what President Moon ░░░░░░░░ UNIDENTIFIED MALE Of course ░░░░░░░░ doesn t want and ░░░░░░░░ people want either It ░░░░░░░░ a chicken game But ░░░░░░░░ think that what is ░░░░░░░░ right now is mutual ░░░░░░░░ restraint RADDATZ voice over ░░░░░░░░ Jung In is a ░░░░░░░░ adviser to the new ░░░░░░░░ of South Korea UNIDENTIFIED ░░░░░░░░ We are very much ░░░░░░░░ Therefore we think that ░░░░░░░░ the American development has ░░░░░░░░ from strategic patience of ░░░░░░░░ Administration into strategic confusion ░░░░░░░░ But what seems clear ░░░░░░░░ that while the U ░░░░░░░░ military continues to flex ░░░░░░░░ military muscle here and ░░░░░░░░ its readiness to fight ░░░░░░░░ there are no new ░░░░░░░░ being sent to the ░░░░░░░░ no mobilization of additional ░░░░░░░░ to back up the ░░░░░░░░ s fiery warnings But ░░░░░░░░ years of essentially punting ░░░░░░░░ North Korea nuclear problem ░░░░░░░░ danger that country now ░░░░░░░░ is undeniable and it ░░░░░░░░ now be up to ░░░░░░░░ Trump to decide how ░░░░░░░░ handle it once and ░░░░░░░░ all, George.