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I find it highly unlikely that the US would consider military action against North Korea.
The first problem is North Korea has done nothing to justify military action against them. There is nothing wrong with NK having nuclear weapons or an intercontinental ballistic missile. North Korea can beat his fists on his chest all he wants, but he has no reason to launch an attack on the United States and he damn well knows the United States would destroy him if he ever did.
The other problem is the United States does attack North Korea, North Korean troops will pour over the Demilitarized Zone. The North Korean military is less than impressive, but it's huge. No one wants a major war between NK and SK.
This is exactly why we have handled the problem with North Korea the same way for the past forty or fifty years - No justification for action, and any action we take can have massive consequences.
Trump has no idea what he is doing; It's stunning. Didn't he promise he North Korea would never launch such a missile? Now they have, so what is Trump going to do? Sanctions are "more of the same" and don't work, and military action is not an option. Trump has put himself into that "box" that no matter what he does he comes out looking bad.
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