U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet with Kim Jong Un amid heightened tensions over North Korea¡¯s nuclear weapons program if the circumstances were right.

¡°If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honored to do it,¡± Trump said Monday in an Oval Office interview. ¡°If it¡¯s under the, again, under the right circumstances. But I would do that.¡±

The U.S. has no diplomatic relations with North Korea, and as recently as last week Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. would negotiate with Kim¡¯s regime only if it made credible steps toward giving up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.