Trump should trust his instincts, not Bolton’s, on North Korea

[TomSea]

Trump should trust his instincts, not Bolton’s, on North Korea
Robert Carlin

Shortly before the February U.S.-North Korea summit collapsed, President Trump handed Kim Jong Un a piece of paper. It contained, national security advisor John Bolton pointed out on the Sunday talk shows a few days later, the outline of the “big deal” on denuclearization.

Thanks to a March 29 Reuters report, we now know more precisely what the president delivered on that paper in Hanoi. It was, in part, a rehash of a “Libya model” — Bolton’s flawed recipe for total, quick surrender by a nuclear state.

Among other things, the plan insists on access by U.S. inspectors to the North’s nuclear-related facilities; a halt to all construction or activities related to chemical, biological and nuclear weapons; and transfer of all nuclear material to the United States (which for technical reasons is totally zany if it means physically transporting nuclear weapons).

Read more at: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-carlin-north-korea-20190404-story.html

I don't know if all of this is true but if we are talking about that Libyan model, get rid of those ideas.

[Rivergirl]

Trump's instincts are derived from whomever is the last to whisper in his ear.