Marco Rubio charged Thursday that a U.S. diplomat undermined President Trump’s effort to negotiate with North Korea by suggesting that the U.S. might accept a “partial” surrender of its nuclear weapons at the start of the talks.

“She is in Tokyo undermining [Trump] by advocating for partial surrender of nukes by [North Korea] as acceptable,” Rubio argued.

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