Secretary Mnuchin: 'Cut Off North Korea Economically'; 'We'll Work With China'

WASHINGTON, DC — Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," said "people need to cut off North Korea economically" as Kim Jong-un continues to conduct missile tests and ignore warnings from the United States.

"We've already started with sanctions against North Korea, but I’m going to draft a sanctions package to send to the president for his strong consideration, that anybody that wants to do trade or business with them would be prevented from doing trade or business with us," Mnuchin told host Chris Wallace. "We are going to work with our allies. We’ll work with China.

"But people need to cut off North Korea economically. This is unacceptable behavior." (For more national political news, sign up for the free White House Patch email newsletter.)

Wallace also asked the Treasury secretary about President Trump's threats to shut down the government if Congress did not authorize a budget that would include funding to build a wall along the United States' border with Mexico.

"Chris, I can't really comment if it's out the window or it’s not out the window," Mnuchin said. "And again, I know the wall is a huge priority to the president and we want to make sure that we get money for that. I would say the president and my first objective right now is for the people of Texas and make sure that we get the funding to do that. So, that's what we’re focused on this week and we’ll be meeting with leadership of both parties to work on that."

Watch the entire Sept. 3 episode of "Fox News Sunday" below, and read the transcript here.

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