I wouldn't give up on Russia, and with oil at $90 a barrel, they can refurbish their strategic capabilities and under an authoritarian regime, those nuclear weapons are still there and in the wrong hands we might have a problem again. John Bolton More Quotes by John Bolton More Quotes From John Bolton U.N. Security Council resolutions prohibit North Korea from firing any ballistic missiles, in terms of violating U.N. Security Council resolutions, there is no doubt about that. John Bolton politics The U.N. resolution prohibits the launch of any ballistic missiles. John Bolton world Trump has held the door open for Kim, the next step is for Kim to walk through it. John Bolton world The President has made The President position eminently clear, and in the next weeks and months, we shall see what we shall see. John Bolton top-news This is our hemisphere, it's not where the Russians ought to be interfering. This is a mistake on their part. It's not going to lead to an improvement of relations. John Bolton top-news The coup here has been by the Cubans and theRussians who have sort of grafted themselveson to Venezuela.I think theyre running it insome sense more than Maduro is. John Bolton world All agreed Venezuelas Maduro had to go. John Bolton top-news If this effort fails, they will sink into a dictatorship from which there are very few alternatives. John Bolton top-news It's a very delicate moment. John Bolton top-news All agreed that Maduro had to go. They need to be able to act this afternoon, or this evening, to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president, if this effort fails, [Venezuela]will sink into a dictatorship from which there are very few possible alternatives. John Bolton world It's very complicated inside Britain, i know they're going through a lot of turmoil. But really I think the president would like to reassure the people of the United Kingdom how strongly we feel, that we want to be there when they do come out of the European Union. John Bolton top-news In the European Union they like to say, 'we make the people vote until they get it right,' meaning pro-EU votes. So I guess I'd say if you're going to hold a second referendum and 'remain' wins, they ought to hold a third referendum and call it best two out of three. John Bolton top-news President Trump remains very eager to cut a bilateral trade deal with an independent Britain. It's what the people voted for in 2016, and when they get out, whether it's now, April 12 or later, we'll be standing right there waiting for them. John Bolton top-news China could really hold the key to this here if they press North Korea hard enough, china is obviously North Korea's dominant trading partner. Over 90 %( of) North Korea's external trade is with China. We continue to press China to enforce all the sanctions against North Korea. John Bolton top-news The president's confident in his personal relationship with Kim Jong Un. He's invested a lot of time in trying to develop that relationship. John Bolton politics He said he's open to a third summit, none has been scheduled, and some time may have to go by. But he's prepared to engage again because he does think that the prospects for North Korea, which he's been trying to persuade Kim Jong Un to accept if they denuclearized, are really quite spectacular. John Bolton politics The president's obviously open to talking again. We'll see when that might be scheduled or how it might work out, we're going to study the situation carefully. As the president said, it would be very, very disappointing if they were taking this direction. John Bolton world We're looking at new sanctions, new measures to tighten our grip on Maduro's financial wherewithal, to deny his regime the money that they need to stay in power. John Bolton world If they're not willing to do it, then I think President Trump has been very clear ... they're not going to get relief from the crushing economic sanctions that have been imposed on them and we'll look at ramping those sanctions up in fact. John Bolton top-news If Donald Trump're not willing to do it, Donald Trump has been very clear Donald Trump're not going to get relief from the crushing economic sanctions that have been imposed on Donald Trump and we'll look at ramping those sanctions up in fact. John Bolton politics