Bolton Emerges as Potential Wrecking Ball for Trump’s Kim Summit
- North Korea has threatened to call off June summit with Trump
- National Security Adviser Bolton has opposed talks with Kim
Is Peace With Kim Jong Un Even Possible?
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John Bolton’s desire to turn North Korea into the next Libya isn’t going over so well in Pyongyang, where Kim Jong Un’s government has threatened to cancel upcoming talks with the U.S. in part because of the U.S. national security adviser’s remarks.
Bolton drew the ire of the North Korean government for saying that the country’s nuclear disarmament should follow the “Libya model” embraced by Muammar Qaddafi, who was later overthrown and killed in a U.S.-backed uprising.