Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Not backing down, President Donald Trump warned Kim Jong Un’s government on Thursday to ‘‘get their act together’’ or face extraordinary trouble, and suggested his earlier threat to unleash ‘‘fire and fury’’ on North Korea was too mild. ‘‘Maybe that statement wasn’t tough enough,’’ Trump said, in the latest U.S. salvo in an escalating exchange of threats between the nuclear-armed nations. A day after North Korea laid out plans to strike near Guam with unsettlingly specificity, there was no observable march toward combat, despite the angry rhetoric from both sides. U.S. officials said there was no major movement of U.S. military assets to the region, nor were there signs Pyongyang was actively preparing for war. Trump declined to say whether the U.S. is considering a pre-emptive military strike as he spoke to reporters before a briefing with his top national security advisers at his New Jersey golf resort. The president insisted the North had been ‘‘getting away with a tragedy that can’t be allowed.’’ North Korea has emerged as a nation on the verge of having reliable, nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles. ‘‘North Korea better get their act together, or they are going to be in trouble like few nations have ever been in trouble,’’ Trump said, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence. Accusing his predece... Link to the full article to read more