Press TV - US President Donald Trump has said a military option against North Korea is "locked and loaded," ratcheting up �his war of words against the Asian nation.

"Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!" Trump tweeted on Friday.

A day earlier, Trump issued another apocalyptic warning to North Korea, saying his previous threat to hit the country with American "fire and fury" maybe "wasn't tough enough."

During a lengthy exchange with reporters at his golf club in New Jersey on Thursday, Trump said, �It�s about time someone stood up for the people of our country.�

Responding to North Korea's rejection of his warning as "nonsense," Trump said that "maybe it wasn't tough enough."