The Vice Minister said North Korea "certainly will not keep our arms crossed in the face of a U.S. preemptive strike".
Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press", Mr. McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, had a simple answer when asked if Mr. Trump has been sucked in by establishment forces.
McCain said tensions between the USA and North Korea are "very serious".
Donald Trump was back on his West Palm Beach golf course in Florida on Friday, as North Korea's military threatened to go to war with the United States, if provoked.
The President was spotted at Trump International Golf Club at around on Good Friday morning, marking what is thought to be the President's 18th day spent on one of his golf courses since entering the White House exactly 12 weeks ago. But China can shut them down. "Whether they're currency manipulators or not, we should expect them to act to prevent what could be a cataclysmic event". I'm not blaming Trump for this.
China on US-North Korea Rift: 'Storm Clouds Gathering'
It has also fired numerous missiles, including a new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), called the Pukguksong-2. US officials say the Trump administration's emphasis will be on increasing pressure on Pyongyang with the help of China.
McCain said, "I support what he did and I support the bunker buster bomb, but we've got to develop a strategy".
"His father and grandfather were much more rational than he is", McCain said.
"Of those 400,000 men, women and children who were slaughtered [in the Syrian war], they weren't slaughtered by ISIS". McCain said Sunday he didn't think that was the case in Saturday's failed launch, but he "wouldn't rule it out".
McCain said he supports the Syrian attack and the decision to launch a MOAB strike in Afghanistan on ISIS-held caves.
"Going after Assad in terms of the deliberate concentrated effort to conduct military operations would require the authorization of Congress", Reed said.
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