COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Donald Trump wishes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would “disappear.”
“I would get China to make that guy disappear in one form or another very quickly,” Trump said on “CBS This Morning.”
Host Norah O’Donnell asked whether Trump is calling for Kim Jong-un’s assassination.
Trump shrugged, “Well, I’ve heard of worse things frankly.”
He adds: “China has control, absolute control over North Korea…And they should make that problem disappear.”
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has finished third in the New Hampshire primary behind winner Donald Trump and runner-up John Kasich.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush finished in fourth place, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio finished behind him in fifth.
Trump led the field, beating Kasich, the sitting Ohio governor, by nearly 20 points.
Cruz came in third, leading Bush by less than a percentage point. Rubio trailed Bush by less than a percentage point.