Bolton downplays North Korea weapons report

[DonViejo]

By IAN KULLGREN 07/01/2018 10:46 AM EDT

White House national security adviser John Bolton on Sunday downplayed reports suggesting that North Korea is trying to conceal parts of its nuclear weapons program.

“We’re going to try and proceed to implement what the two leaders agreed to in Singapore,” Bolton said on “Face the Nation” on CBS, referring to President Donald Trump’s meeting last month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying responding to specific reports does not serve the purpose of advancing the negotiations.

Bolton said the Trump administration is not naive.

“We're very well aware of North Korea's patterns of behavior over decades of negotiating with the United States,” adding: “There's not any starry-eyed feeling among the group doing this.”

Bolton’s comments follows reports from NBC News and The Washington Post, based on comments from anonymous U.S. officials who say North Korea is continuing to manufacture fuel for nuclear weapons. Intelligence sources told NBC that North Korea may be increasing production to position itself for greater concessions from the Trump administration. While North Korea has stopped missile tests, one U.S. official told NBC, there’s no evidence the regime has decreased its stockpiles or slowed production.

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[Freethinker65]

1. Hahahahaha

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Yeah, Bolton is trying to downplay this because he got caught either lying or just plain ...

not doing his job. Worthless just like rump. Absolutely worthless, and the sad thing about it is that these two guys are going to get us (the USA) into another war, just wait and see. Two stupid hotheads w/ their fingers posed over the red button.

[still_one]

3. One of the architect's of the Iraq invasion. F**K HIM

[Hoyt]

4. I despise Bolton probably more than trump, but I'm glad he's not talking nuking NK

at the moment. Still despise him, don't trust him, think he should be behind bars, and worse, but I am glad he's not beating the war drums at the moment.