President Trump was referring to a phone call with South Korean President Moon Jae-in when he recalled a recent conversation about North Korea's nuclear weapons program on Saturday.

Trump said at the annual Gridiron Dinner on Saturday that North Korea had "called up a couple of days ago," leading many to believe the president had fielded a phone call with Pyongyang.

"They, by the way, called up a couple of days ago and said, 'We would like to talk.' And I said, 'So would we, but you have to de-nuke, you have to de-nuke,'" Trump said at the dinner. "So, let's see what happens. Let's see what happens."

An official on the National Security Council clarified to Yonhap News Agency, however, that Trump was recounting a phone call he had last week with Moon, and the president did not speak with North Korea.

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