Democratic Senate leader calls Trump's 'Rocket Man' remark at UN 'risky'

WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's characterization of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as "Rocket Man" during a speech to the United Nations was "risky."

"If I were giving the president advice, I would have said avoid using 'Rocket Man,'" Schumer said during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol. "We know the leader of North Korea is erratic, to put it kindly. That kind of language I think is risky."

(Reporting by Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell; Writing by James Oliphant; Editing by David Alexander)

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