John Bolton: Trump ‘can’t make’ North Korea denuclearize

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President Trump cannot force North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, White House national security adviser John Bolton said Monday, acknowledging that progress toward denuclearization has been slow.

“We’re still waiting for them. The possibility of another meeting between the two presidents obviously exists, but President Trump can’t make the North Koreans walk through the door he’s holding open,” Bolton said in remarks to the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group in Washington.

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