Cybersecurity

Spy Chief Doubts Kim Will Scrap Nukes, Undercutting Trump's View

  • DNI Coats also says adversaries look to disrupt 2020 election
  • Allies said to seek their own path in an ‘America First’ era
Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle explains why America’s top spy chief doesn’t think Kim is committed to denuclearization. (Source: Bloomberg)
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North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear capabilities, the top U.S. intelligence official said, even as President Donald Trump expresses confidence he can persuade Kim Jong Un to disarm.

While Trump prepares for a second summit with Kim, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said in a report to the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday that “we continue to observe activity inconsistent with full denuclearization.”