John Bolton says North Korea won't give up nukes in first speech since ouster

The Hill ^ | 09/30/2019 | BY REBECCA KHEEL

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ormer national security adviser John Bolton on Monday said he does not believe North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will give up his nuclear weapons in a deal with the United States.

North Korea “has not made a strategic decision to give up nuclear weapons,” Bolton said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in his first public remarks since leaving the Trump administration.

“In fact, I think the contrary is true. I think the strategic decision that Kim Jong Un is operating through is that he will do whatever he can to keep a deliverable nuclear weapons capability and to develop and enhance it further.”

Kim may make “some concessions,” Bolton added, “but under current circumstances, he will never give up the nuclear weapons voluntarily.”

Bolton, who was ousted as national security adviser last month amid policy disagreements with President Trump and personality clashes with other administration officials, did not mention Trump by name in his address Monday.

He also repeatedly declined to discuss specifics of his time in the administration, saying he has a “self-imposed” restriction on doing so, and declined to answer a question on whether “bromance” diplomacy is the best approach to North Korea.

But the arguments Bolton laid out in his speech are in contradiction to the president’s approach at brokering a nuclear deal with North Korea.

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Because “we” just might, just might, elect Hillary, or someone worse, if the democrats can find someone worse...

[Justa]

I see nothing wrong with anything Bolton has said. The only downside is it conflicts with Trump’s intended policy.

Trump has to try diplomacy. Since NK already has 40+ Hwasong-15 mobile launchers deployed the only other option is a nuclear war which will destroy the US.

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China, North Korea, and Iran will change their tunes relative to their specific agendas once PDJT is reelected, and the House becomes Republican again.

Should the Republican’s lose either of the two branches of government there will not be anything to fight with, and the Democrats will give away the union.