*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2017 *

**Statement on North Korea's Launch of a Ballistic Missile Over Japan **

*August 29, 2017 *

The world has received North Korea's latest message loud and clear: This regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and for minimum standards of acceptable international behavior. Threatening and destabilizing actions only increase the North Korean regime's isolation in the region and among all nations of the world. All options are on the table.

*Categories:* Statements by the President : North Korea, ballistic missile launch over Japan*.*

*Subjects:* North Korea : Ballistic missiles, testing and development; North Korea : Nuclear weapons development.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201700595.