During his speech at the UN on Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump went hard, with a powerful verbal offensive against North Korea.
"If the United States is threatened, we have no choice but to completely destroy North Korea," Trump said.
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The reactions after the speech were not long in coming.
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven tells SVT Nyheter that it was a unique and contradictory speech.
- Yes, I think it was contradictory.
When he talked about North Korea and "totally destroy", there was not a common solution that was the primary, it seemed.
That statement must be unique in order to be a statement from that rostrum.
The whole point of the UN precisely on the issue of North Korea is to avoid a military solution and bring about a political solution.
What consequences do you think his statement may have?
- It is a very serious statement.
Secretary-General Guterres said that the more we step up this, the greater the risk of mistakes, and I agree.
"There was a hiss through the room"
Margot Wallström tells Studio one on Swedish radio that she considers the speech to be remarkable - and a direct military threat that violated the UN Charter.
- He threatened North Korea with wiping them out.
There was a hiss through the room, of course.
- It was also a plea for the nation state and it must be said that I have a hard time thinking anything other than that this was a speech lately to the wrong audience.
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Wallström also calls it a "bombastic and nationalist speech" that has not been heard in the UN General Assembly for a decade.
When Ekot asks if she feels shocked by the speech, she answers:
- Yes, I think I share it with the vast majority.
It was certainly not a speech for cooperation.