Trump threatens North Korea with “big trouble” over Guam
President Donald Trump has warned North Korea to expect “big, big trouble” if anything happens to the US territory of Guam.
Speaking at his Bedminister, New Jersey golf resort, he promised the territory would be “very safe, believe me”.
Mr Trump said the US could impose further sanctions, “as strong as they get”, on North Korea.
He later spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who stressed the need for a peaceful resolution, Chinese TV said.
President Xi called on “relevant parties” to exercise restraint and avoid words and actions that would exacerbate tension, state TV reported, adding that it was in the interests of both China and the US to pursue the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
The White House said both sides agreed North Korea must stop its “provocative and escalatory behaviour”.
“Hopefully, it will all work out,” Mr Trump said earlier, striking an upbeat tone after a day of rhetorical brinkmanship.
“Nobody loves a peaceful solution better than President Trump, that I can tell you.”
Earlier on Friday, the president said the US military was “locked and loaded” to deal with North Korea, should the need arise.
“Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong-un will find another path!” he tweeted.
He spoke as Pyongyang accused him of “driving” the Korean peninsula to the “brink of a nuclear war”.
North Korea has announced plans to fire missiles near the US territory of Guam.
Moscow said the exchange of threats between Washington and Pyongyang “worry us very much”.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rated the risk of military conflict as “very high” as he put forward a joint Russian-Chinese plan to defuse the crisis.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was no military solution, and “an escalation of the rhetoric is the wrong answer.”
Asked about his “locked and loaded” tweet on Friday, Mr Trump told reporters: “I hope that they [North Korea] are going to fully understand the gravity of what I said, and what I said is what I mean… those words are very, very easy to understand.”
He added: “If he [Kim Jong-un] utters one threat in the form of an overt threat… with respect to Guam or anyplace else that’s an American territory or an American ally he will truly regret it and he will regret it fast.”
Earlier in the week, Mr Trump threatened to rain “fire and fury” on Pyongyang.
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