President Trump on Monday said he is not “personally” troubled by recent rocket launches by North Korea — a view at odds with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who believes they violate UN resolutions.

“All I know is that there have been no nuclear tests. There have been no ballistic missiles going out. There have been no long-range missiles going out. And I think that someday we’ll have a deal,” Trump said during a joint news conference with Abe during his four-day state visit to Japan.

The president went on to refer to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “smart man” who is trying to kick-start economic development in his country and realizes that continuing to develop nuclear weapons is a no-win strategy.

“And I think that he is looking to develop that way. He knows that, with nuclear, that’s never going to happen. Only bad can happen. He understands that. He is a very smart man. He gets it well,” the president said.

Trump also said he is in “no rush” because crippling economic sanctions against Kim’s regime imposed by the US and the United Nations remain in place.

But Abe told reporters that the short-range missile launches are a violation of UN Security Council resolutions against weapons development.

“It is of great regret. But at the same time between Kim Jong Un and President Trump, a certain new approach was taken and that is something that I pay tribute to,” he said.

Abe said his country is uniquely at risk from Kim’s belligerent actions.

​”​So we are neighbor to North Korea. We are most threatened among countries​,” he said.

Trump’s comments at the news conference mark a doubling down on a tweet he sent a day earlier that shrugged off the missile tests by concluding that North Korea “fired off some small weapons.”

He also said he had confidence that “Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me.”

The comments not only contradict Abe’s view but also that of his national security adviser, John Bolton, who said the rocket launches go against the UN resolutions.

​On Monday, North Korea responded to Bolton’s comments by calling him a “war monger” and a “defective human product.”

Kim’s regime test-fired a number of short-range missiles on May 4 and May 9 — the first launches since 2017 — setting off alarms among US allies in the region.

Pyongyang defended the launches in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

“Demanding us to ban all launches using ballistic technology regardless of range is same with asking us to relinquish our rights for self-defense,” the statement said.