In Tuesday's tweets, Trump also said that he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that "a trade deal with the US will be far better for them if they solve the North Korean problem".
White House press secretary Sean Spicer made the remark, referring to Trump's tweet earlier in the day that the US will solve the problem of North Korea on its own unless China helps with it. Trump also said the North is "looking for trouble".
President Trump later blasted the comments on Twitter - saying the communist country was "looking for trouble" and that the United States would "solve the problem" with or without China's help.
Analysts say that North Korea doesn't have the capability to send missiles reaching the US mainland but that it's only a matter of time before they do.
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has issued a stern threat to North Korea, as the rogue nation's state media warned that it would launch a nuclear attack on the US if provoked. North Korea's confirmed atomic tests and successful ballistic missile launches have already demonstrated that the reclusive state has the ability to fire nuclear warheads at least as far as Japan, placing a number of USA military bases in South Korea and Japan squarely within their confirmed firing radius.
The North's foreign ministry, in a statement carried by its KCNA news agency earlier on Tuesday, said the us navy strike group's move near the Korean peninsula showed America's "reckless moves for invading had reached a serious phase".
A U.S. naval strike force that was led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson left Singapore for the peninsula last Saturday, and is expected to reach the Korean peninsula around April 25.
Trump has repeatedly called on China to do more to rein in its reclusive neighbour and close ally, which has stepped up its missile development and nuclear programme since 2016. "The prevailing grave situation proves once again that (North Korea) was entirely just when it increased in every way its military capabilities for self-defence and pre-emptive attack with a nuclear force as a pivot", the report further added.
Officials from the North, including leader Kim Jong Un, have indicated an intercontinental ballistic missile test or something similar could be coming.
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An unnamed foreign ministry spokesman said "reckless moves for invading had reached a serious phase".
Trump said it was vital for the two heads of state to maintain close ties. "It doesn't plan to co-exist with a nuclear-armed Pyongyang", it said.
North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression.
The U.S. government has been increasing its pressure on North Korea.
Beijing's insistence on a peaceful approach to resolving the issue is rooted in its belief that any attempt to denuclearize the North by force would bring cataclysmic results upon all sides, including China, Ruan said.
Speculation also has mounted that North Korea might conduct a nuclear test to mark the 105th birthday anniversary of founder Kim Il-Sung on Saturday.
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China also has its own concerns about causing more instability in the region, Barlow said, and Chinese leaders don't take kindly to being strong-armed.
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