North Korea Denounces Bolton, Threatens to Walk Away from Trump Summit

[DonViejo]

There was no attack on the thin-skinned U.S. president, but if Trump thinks he can brag about squeezing North Korea to give up all its nukes, he’d better think again.

DONALD KIRK
05.16.18 4:53 AM ET

SEOUL – National Security Advisor John Bolton, talking his usual tough talk, may have prompted North Korea to walk away from the much-ballyhooed June summit between Donald J. Trump and Kim Jong Un. Certainly it led to a clarification: there is no way in hell Kim is going to give up his entire nuclear arsenal and allow inspectors to crawl all over his country before North Korea sees “the benefits start to flow,” as Bolton proclaimed on ABC over the weekend.

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In a statement carried by the North Korean news agency, obviously with Kim Jong Un’s approval, the first vice-minister of foreign affairs, Kim Kye Gwan feigned something close to heartbreak on hearing such “unbridled remarks” being “recklessly made” in the United States, and singled out Bolton in particular: “We do not hide our feeling of repugnance toward him.”

Pyongyang left open the possibility the summit could still take place. There was no attack on the thin-skinned American president, but if he thinks his administration can continue to brag about squeezing North Korea before he sits down to talk to Kim, he’d better think again.

Trump has said many times he might walk out of the talks scheduled for Singapore next month if he finds they are not going well – by which he says he means no more nukes. Now Kim looks like he might beat him to the punch.

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[Croney]

1. I agree, North Korea.

We don't hide our feeling of repugnance toward him either.

[gordianot]

2. One would think that Bolton and his history would be obvious.

[spanone]

3. K&R...

[NCjack]

4. Maybe NK will demand that IQ45 fire Bolton. nt

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Rump and Bolton...both motor mouths, and zero impact on actual results...

are we surprised? Idiots.

Both of them have an awful lot of hot air, and a lot of idiotic opinions, resulting as one can see here, the NKs walking away from the idiots table. Is there a table set for adults in the room?

[workinclasszero]

6. Everybody hates Bolton it seems

Kiss your Nobel peace prize goodbye Shitler.

[Achilleaze]

7. Repugnant (R)

I guess the republicans are mutating from deplorable to truly repugnant. Everyone sees it, even in far away North Korea. Sad.

NK THREATENS TO CANCEL SUMMIT OVER “REPUGNANT” JOHN BOLTON
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/qvn8d5/north-korea-threatens-trump-summit-john-bolton

Here's a pic of Mr. Repugnant Incarnate, giving the classic alt-right republican gang sign for "A-holery." Repugs flash the a-hole sign a lot, to let other a-holes know that they are totally onboard with kremlin-approved republican a-holery. Kinda sick. But there you have it.

[Johonny]

8. Clearly they understand, Trump wants meeting badly so they have upper hand

Trump gives away things all the time to get "press" coverable events. They're just playing their hand. They know he'll do anything to be seen as the Korea peace dealer. Thus, why would they ever give into Bolton's demands. Trump being Trump will easily trade them away just as he just did in China deal.