Bolton: North Korea ‘a very ugly piece of baggage’ for China

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Bolton: North Korea ‘a very ugly piece of baggage’ for China
By Olivia Beavers - 07/09/17 07:00 AM EDT

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton in an interview aired Sunday called North Korea "a very ugly piece of baggage” for its ally China.

“Younger Chinese leaders understand that North Korea is a very ugly piece of baggage,”

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Bolton argued that because Trump "is wrestling with a narrowing set of attractive options" on North Korea he should try to convince China to allow "the two Koreas to reunite."

The former U.S. diplomat argued that reunification of North Korea and South Korea was necessary in order to resolve the hostility between the two nations.

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The former ambassador also said U.S. intelligence on the increasingly hostile state is undependable, saying they did not know about the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test on Tuesday.

"We did not know about the [ICBM] missile until it was launched on the 4th of July," he said. "It is a good example of how bad our intelligence is about North Korea."

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