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Trump talks to Japan's Abe on ways to 'maximize pressure' on North Korea

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President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke by phone Saturday on ways to « maximize pressure » on North Korea over its missile…
President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke by phone Saturday on ways to « maximize pressure » on North Korea over its missile program, the White House announced.
Trump and Abe « reaffirmed the importance of close cooperation between the United States, Japan, and South Korea in the face of the growing threat from North Korea,  » the White House said.
Trump also noted that he « looks forward to continued trilateral coordination » on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly later this month in New York.
The call came Saturday as North Korean state media announced that the country had developed a hydrogen bomb that it says it plans to load onto an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICMB) .
North Korea launched a missile over Japan earlier this week, signaling to the U.

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