U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday played down the possibility of conflict with nuclear-armed North Korea and reiterated that Washington would be open to talks with Pyongyang "under the right circumstances," as red-hot tensions appeared to cool.
Trump dismissed fears of war on the Korean Peninsula at a televised White House news conference with the leader of Norway, where the U.S. president was asked about remarks by U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller last month in which Neller predicted "a big-ass fight" and said "I hope I'm wrong, but there's a war coming."
Trump said he did not expect such a scenario.