North Korea is apparently not at all happy with Sen. John McCain calling its leader a "crazy fat kid."
The saga began last week when McCain took a shot at Kim Jong-un during an interview with MSNBC.
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According to The Sun, North Korea took McCain's words, along with Sen. Ted Cruz's recent criticism of the reclusive nation after the brazen airport assassination of Kim's half-brother, as acts of war.
"The service personnel and people of the DPRK are regarding the dignity of their supreme leadership as their life and soul," a statement from a government-controlled news agency read.
"The U.S. must know very well about how they react to any offensive acts against it. John McCain and Ted Cruz made a provocation tantamount to declaration of war against the DPRK. The DPRK will take steps to counter it."
McCain fired back on Twitter Wednesday with another quip:
North Korea appears closer than ever to having a nuclear weapon, which has many people worried about what Kim plans to do with it.
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