John Bolton calls North Korean demands ‘incommensurate’

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President Trump’s national security adviser said Sunday that the demands put forth by North Korea at the Vietnam summit this week were “incommensurate,” forcing Trump to walk away.

John Bolton, who also served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during former President George W. Bush’s administration, said North Korea was demanding the U.S. lift all the economic sanctions against them, in exchange or a partial de-nuclearization of the northern half of Korea.

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