Trump`s `rocket man` tweet claims Korea sanctions biting, but experts unsure
(The Guardian North Korea)

US president says `long gas lines´ are forming in the rogue state, an unlikely claim in a country where most people don´t own a carNew international sanctions against North Korea have led to a spike in petrol prices, but there is little evidence for US claims that the country is being `economically strangled` or that motorists are panic-buying petrol.On Sunday, Donald Trump combined a taunt aimed at the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, with the assertion that the country´s citizens were queuing for petrol before the latest round of sanctions hits supplies.I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad! Continue reading...