Donald Trump says North Korea ‘problem’ will ‘be taken care of’ by US if China is ‘unable to do so’
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump vowed "the problem of North Korea" would be "taken care of" as fears grow that Pyongyang is planning its sixth nuclear weapon test.
And while Trump has expressed confidence in China helping to deal with despot leader Kim Jong-un, he warned that "if they are unable to do so, the US, with its allies will!"
The tough-talk from Trump comes as he ordered the biggest non-nuclear bomb the US military possesses to be dropped on Afghanistan, targeting a complex used by the Islamic State group.
Now it seems the attention has turned to North Korea because of reported activity at a nuclear site in the country.
Trump told reporters today: "North Korea is a problem, the problem will be taken care of."
Saturday's 105th anniversary of founder Kim Il-Sung's birth could be marked by a major display of military capabilities, it is feared.
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US government sources believe North Korea has placed a nuclear device in a tunnel and it could be detonated this weekend.
American navy destroyers armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles are now just 300 miles from the test site and could be ready to launch a pre-emptive strike, intelligence officials have reportedly confirmed.
The President was asked whether the bomb dropped in Afghanistan - a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, dubbed the "Mother of All Bombs" - was a warning to Pyongyang.
He replied: "I don't know if this sends a message to North Korea.
"It doesn't make any difference if it does or not."
North Korea is under multiple sets of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
The country reportedly "threatened to nuke the US" earlier this week after reacting furiously to comments by Trump.
In a Wall Street Journal article, Trump said he told Chinese President Xi Jinping to let North Korea know that the US has not only aircraft carriers but nuclear submarines.
He said he learned from Xi that Beijing could not easily get rid of the North Korea threat.
"After listening for 10 minutes, I realised it's not so easy," Trump said.
Trump thought the Chinese had "tremendous power" over Pyongyang but now accepts it's "not what you think".
The current tense relations between the world's major military players means that the potential outbreak of World War Three has been raised again.
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