In an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan, Trump has seemingly walked back his ‘threat’ to include the NHS in the trade deal to be struck between the US and the UK, after London finalizes its very long divorce from the EU.

“I don't see it being on the table. That's something I would not consider part of trade. That's not trade,” Trump says in the teaser for the interview, to be aired Wednesday morning.

For much of Tuesday, however, there has been uproar over Trump’s offhand remark about the NHS being up for grabs. Speaking at a joint press conference with outgoing PM Theresa May in London, the US leader did not rule out that the arguably most cherished UK public service will be rattled during the post-Brexit trade negotiations.

“When you’re dealing with trade, everything is on the table. So, NHS or anything else,” Trump said, when asked by a journalist if the system should be a part of the future accord.

The comment has triggered a major backlash online and drew a strong rebuke from the UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn. The Labour Party leader scolded May for not standing up to Trump, noting that the NHS must not be turned into a bargaining chip.

“Our NHS is not for sale,” he tweeted.

It is entirely possible however that the furor was much ado about nothing, with speculation being rife that the US leader was simply not familiar with what “NHS” stands for.