Bolton Rejects Trump’s Claims of Success on North Korea Nukes
- Kim Jong Un will do ‘whatever he can’ to maintain stockpile
- Bolton undercuts Trump, Pompeo on claim diplomacy has worked
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Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said the U.S. can’t “simply pretend” North Korea is making progress toward denuclearizing and said Kim Jong Un will never give up his nuclear stockpile without more pressure.
Defying key claims by Donald Trump and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Bolton said in his first public remarks since leaving the White House that Kim will keep pressing for sanctions relief while holding on to his nuclear program, leaving the U.S. in a position of having to weigh military force against Pyongyang.