Trump Mentions 'Rocket Man' Kim Jong Un As White House Tries To Be Unified On North Korea

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Sunday affirmed in a tweet that he was conferring with world leaders on North Korea’s growing nuclear program, appearing to refer to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “Rocket Man.”

Shortly after the tweet, the White House released a more measured description of Trump’s phone call with South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, and administration officials appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows to both defend and clarify the president’s often bombastic and vague rhetoric.