Bolton: Trump Was Dealt a ‘Very Bad Hand’ on North Korea and Iran

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BOLTON: "I think he had a very bad hand he was dealt with when he came into office on North Korea, and the Iranian nuclear program while we're on the subject, because of 25 years of failure to stop both of those countries from getting across the finish line to having deliverable nuclear weapons. So I think President Trump saw that if there is a peaceful way out here, it comes in China using its unique leverage over North Korea and I think he made that point to Xi Jinping in Beijing. I have to say there's no evidence the Chinese have gotten the message. So, I think you are getting very close to a binary decision. Either we leave North Korea with nuclear weapons, which I personally find unacceptable, or we have to look at military force."