Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting. John Bolton More Quotes by John Bolton More Quotes From John Bolton For the president to demand something that isn't going to happen puts the president in a weak position. John Bolton world We have developed a program. I am sure that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be discussing this with the North Koreans in the near future about really how to dismantle all of their( weapons of mass destruction) and ballistic missile programs in a year. John Bolton top-news We've seen how the North Koreans have behaved before, the president has been very clear he's not going to make the mistakes of prior administrations. We're going to pursue this and we'll see what happens. That's I think what the next step in the discussions will be. John Bolton latest-headlines If they have the strategic decision already made to do that and they are cooperative, we can move very quickly, and it is to North Korea's advantage to dismantle very quickly. Then the elimination of sanctions, aid by South Korea and Japan and others can all begin to flower. John Bolton top-news If they have the strategic decision already made to do that and they're cooperative, we can move very quickly, physically we would be able to dismantle the overwhelming bulk of their programs within a year. John Bolton top-news We know exactly what the risks are - them using negotiations to drag out the length of time they have to continue their nuclear, chemical, biological weapons programs and ballistic missiles, there's not any starry-eyed feeling among the group doing this. John Bolton top-news President Putin was pretty clear with me about it and my response was we're going to have to agree to disagree on Ukraine, that's not the position of the United States. John Bolton politics The election meddling issue was definitely something we talked about. John Bolton politics There's not any starry-eyed feeling among the group doing this, we're well aware of what the North Koreans have done in the past. John Bolton top-news We want to do whatever we can to make the meeting a success, but there should be no mistake that if we don't see that commitment to denuclearization then we're not going to make the mistakes of past administrations and fall into endless discussions with North Korea. John Bolton top-news I kind of get used to it. It's what North Korea do and North Korea's, the question is whether this really is a sign that they're not taking our objective of denuclearization seriously, if they're walking back from it we'll find out. John Bolton top-news If they haven't made a strategic decision that they're safer without nuclear weapons, that, as President Donald Trump said, it could be a pretty short meeting in Singapore. John Bolton top-news I've been trying to take steps with the national security staff. It's something I work with John Kelly, the chief of staff, with a lot of other people. Look, the President has to have advisers around him who can have open, candid discussions and then not read about him the next day in the newspapers or watch them on television and to the extent that those conversations are being discussed in the public domain. It hurts the ability of the President to be fully informed to make his decision. John Bolton top-news We are going to do everything we can to come to a successful meeting, but we are not going to back away from the objective of that meeting which is complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea. John Bolton top-news I think the message to North Korea is the President wants a real deal, when you're serious about eliminating the threat of nuclear proliferation, you have to address the aspects that permit an aspiring nuclear weapons state to get there. The Iran deal did not do that. A deal that we hope to reach, the President is optimistic we can reach with North Korea, will address all those issues. John Bolton politics John Bolton, it's great to have you and Larry Kudlow with us. A real honor. John Bolton politics It reads like it was drafted by the U.N. Secretariat. John Bolton world The only reform that can make a sustained difference over time is to eliminate assessed contributions and move entirely to voluntary contributions of all U.N. agencies and programs. Then, we will see results, and if not, defunding will follow. John Bolton world It is not revealed in any other intercept. John Bolton latest-headlines The impression left is that there’s favoritism involved, and it’s just very unusual in State Department real estate and housing transactions overseas to have this kind of focus on someone with such clear financial connections to even the departed secretary of state. Normally, there’s much more competitive activity involved, [of] which we haven’t seen any evidence from the State Department. John Bolton latest-headlines
