Trump has intimated that he is willing to ramp up US military pressure on North Korea while simultaneously encouraging China to use its influence on its ally and reject bilateral diplomacy with Pyongyang.
Also on Tuesday, the North's media outlets boasted of its "strike power", which they said included "precision and miniaturized nuclear weapons and submarine-launched ballistic missiles".
"The United States should not run amok and should consider carefully any catastrophic effect from its foolish military provocative act", Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North's ruling Workers' Party, said in a commentary on Monday.
In addition to the Carl Vinson, the USS Michigan, a nuclear-powered, guided-missile submarine, is due to arrive Tuesday on a routine port visit at Busan, South Korea, a US defense official said.
But no such event - which usually happens in the morning - had taken place by noon, and Seoul's defense ministry said "no unusual development had been detected".
In Washington, the Trump administration Monday invited the entire 100-member Senate for a briefing Wednesday on the escalating crisis.
Xi is said to have called on countries involved to handle the matter in a restrained fashion, and told Trump his intention to strongly oppose violations against United Nations Security Council resolutions, with North Korea in mind.
Worry that North Korea could be preparing to conduct another nuclear test or launch more ballistic missiles has increased as it prepares to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the foundation of its Korean People's Army on Tuesday.
Separately, envoys from South Korea, Japan and the USA have been meeting in Tokyo to discuss North Korea's refusal to abandon its nuclear program.
After a compromise with Russian Federation, the U.N. Security Council last Thursday unanimously and strongly condemned North Korea's latest missile test and demanded it conduct no more. It launched a missile one day after the 105th birthday of late founder Kim Il Sung on April 15.
The South's Yonhap News Agency said earlier the exercise was possibly supervised by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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His minister of defence General Pak Yong Sik told the event that the country is ready to use pre-emptive strikes or any other measures it deems necessary to defend itself against the "US imperialists".
North Korea's state media was defiant in a commentary marking the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People's Army, saying its military was prepared "to bring to closure the history of US scheming and nuclear blackmail".
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Trump agreed to urge North Korea to refrain from what Abe called provocative actions.
The Navy said the port visit by the USS Michigan, which is more than 560 feet long and weighs more than 18,000 tons when submerged, was routine and part of a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific.
South Korea's Navy said it would soon join the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group approaching the region.
Wang was speaking after USA troops began delivering a missile defence system to a deployment site in South Korea, a move of deterrence amid fears Pyongyang may be preparing a sixth nuclear test. Adding to the atmosphere of animosity, officials said North Korea has detained a third US citizen.
Trump spoke by phone with both the Japanese and Chinese leaders Monday.
With North Korea continuing to advance its nuclear arms program and conduct missile tests, Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric by vowing to send "an armada" to deter North Korea.
"Therefore, we call on all sides to be prudent and refrain from any actions or words that could lead to new provocations", he said.
President Donald Trump said Monday the US would consider new sanctions against North Korea to discourage further nuclear development.
Tensions have risen in the area in recent weeks, with the United States and North Korea exchanging heated rhetoric.
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