President Trump is “not desperate for a deal — not with North Korea, not with anybody — if it’s contrary to American national interests,” Bolton said on “Fox News Sunday.”
By Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow March 3 at 10:40 AM National security adviser John Bolton on Sunday defended President Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying the president was right not to make a deal that wasn’t in the best interests of the United States.
— FoxNewsSunday March 3, 2019 Trump abruptly cut short his meeting with Kim in Hanoi last week after the two leaders were unable to reach a deal to dismantle Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons. The president first met with the North Korean leader in June in Singapore. In an appearance on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Bolton said there is “no expiration date” for talks on denuclearization.
The national security adviser also defended Trump’s statement that he took Kim at his word that he wouldn’t have allowed American college student Otto Warmbier to have been mistreated had he known about Warmbier’s situation.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Donald Trump's North Korea deal fell apart because of John 'bomb-'Em' Bolton, experts sayDespite months of hard diplomacy, U.S. envoy Stephen Biegun didn't even get a seat at the negotiating table in Hanoi, where hawkish national security adviser John Bolton instead had the president's ear.
Read more »
Trump-Kim summit 'not a failure,' John Bolton insists, while acknowledging North Korea remains a threatNational Security Adviser John Bolton insisted President Donald Trump's Hanoi visit was somehow a 'success' despite acknowledging that no denuclearization agreement was made and North Korea remains a threat to global stability.
Read more »
Bolton defends outcome of Trump summit with North Korea“It was unquestionably a success for the United States because the president protected, defended American interests,” Bolton said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Read more »
U.S. and South Korea end military exercises that riled North Korea in favor of something smallerU.S. and South Korea end military exercises that riled North Korea, replacing them with smaller operations
Read more »
North Korea offered proposal but U.S. asked for more at summit: foreign ministerNorth Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said North Korea made realistic proposa...
Read more »
North Korea has been studying Vietnam's reforms for yearsNorth Korea has been closely studying market reforms in Vietnam and their impact on political stability, a former Vietnamese government advisor said on Monday.
Read more »