Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, credited President Trump on Sunday for bringing North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to the negotiating table, but warned the outcome of the June 12 historic summit is still uncertain.
“He has moved the needle on this one when that has not been done in the past, but I also think given the stakes it’s a very much high risk, high reward opportunity and I think the downsides potentially are really significant as well,” Mullen said of Trump during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen on Trump-Kim Summit: It is a “high risk, high reward opportunity, and I think the downsides potentially are really really significant as well.” pic.twitter.com/4Lxiyx9rmH
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Mullen said his biggest concern is how “the likelihood of options are dramatically reduced to potential conflict” should talks between Trump and Kim in Singapore fail.
“That he would be significantly different from his father and his grandfather to make the kind of changes that are being discussed would be a huge, huge shift and I’m more skeptical than I am optimistic that he would do that,” Mullen added, referring to Kim.
Mullen led the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2007 to September 2011, serving under former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
