Eli Lake, Columnist

Trump Can Win by Walking Away From Korea Talks

That's why the administration needs an adviser like John Bolton, who won't tolerate a weak deal just for the sake of a deal.

May 24, 2018 at 3:08 PM UTC

By Eli Lake

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

Any president who loves to make deals needs a skeptic like John Bolton in the room.
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President Donald Trump finally did it. On Thursday he pulled the plug on next month’s big summit with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. In sadness, but not anger, Trump said Kim’s insults were too much for now. That said, he left the door open for a future meeting.

Why did Kim get cold feet and resume that anti-U.S. rhetoric?