U.S. President
Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed off North Korea's warning of a "Christmas gift", saying the
United States would "deal with it very successfully," amid U.S. concerns that
Pyongyang might be preparing a long-range
missile test.
"We'll find out what the surprise is and we'll deal with it very successfully," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
North Korea warned
Washington earlier this month of a possible “Christmas gift” after its leader
Kim Jong Un gave the United States until the end of the year to propose new concessions in talks over his country’s nuclear arsenal and reducing tensions between the two long-time adversaries.