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Trump said he believes the North's Kim Jong Un will do nothing to interfere with the "great economic potential" of his country.
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"He also knows that I am with him & does not want to break his promise to me," Trump said. "Deal will happen!"
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Hours earlier, Pyongyang had launched several unidentified, short-range vertical objects, according to the South Korean military.
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A South Korean military official told NBC News the projectiles were not ballistic missiles.
President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal with North Korea 'will happen,' hours after the South Korean military said Pyongyang had launched "several unidentified short-range projectiles."
Trump said he believes Kim Jong Un will do nothing to interfere with the "great economic potential" of North Korea.
"He also knows that I am with him & does not want to break his promise to me," Trump said. "Deal will happen!"
Trump tweet: Anything in this very interesting world is possible, but I believe that Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic potential of North Korea, & will do nothing to interfere or end it. He also knows that I am with him & does not want to break his promise to me. Deal will happen!
The South Korean military originally said the North had launched a single missile, but later changed its language and said Pyongyang had launched several unidentified, short-range vertical objects. A South Korean military official told NBC News that North Korea did not launch ballistic missiles.
The South Korean president's office said Seoul and Washington are sharing detailed information and analyzing the material used in the projectiles and what exactly they were.
"In particular, we do notice that North Korea's action this time has taken place when the de-nuclearization dialogue is in lull state," presidential spokeswoman Koh Min Jung said. "We do hope that North Korea would positively participate in efforts to resume the dialogue."
A senior U.S. administration official told NBC News that National Security Advisor John Bolton had "fully briefed" Trump on the situation.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the administration is aware of North Korea's actions: "We will continue to monitor as necessary," she said.
In April, North Korea claimed to have "tested a powerful warhead" in the first public weapons test for the regime since Trump and Kim met for a historic summit in Singapore last year.
Trump and Kim held a second round of talks in Vietnam February of this year, but negotiations collapsed after Trump reportedly handed Kim a note demanding he turn over the North's nuclear weapons and bomb fuel .