Murphy: It’s Possible Bolton Will Tell Trump to Attack N. Korea if the Summit Falls Apart

‘It’s not outside the realm of possibility that Bolton uses that as an opportunity to make his case’

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MURPHY: "Well, you know, this is always been my worry from the beginning that the worst case outcome here is for this administration to make an attempt at diplomacy, and then when that diplomacy fails either because the meeting doesn’t go well or because the meeting never happens it allows for John Bolton and perhaps Mike Pompeo to walk into the Oval Office and tell the president, 'Well, listen, you tried diplomacy, it didn’t work. There’s really no option left except for a strike against the North Koreans.' And as you mentioned John Bolton will also tell the president he doesn’t have to come to Congress for that authorization, which is completely wrong. It’s why I’ve introduced legislation in the Senate to make clear that if the president is thinking about preemptive military action against North Korea that he has to come and get congressional consent first. But clearly John Bolton doesn’t believe that, and if this summit falls apart, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that Bolton uses that as an opportunity to make his case." 

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