'Rhetorical policy': Bolton says Trump administration is bluffing on vow to denuclearize North Korea

Former national security adviser John Bolton is questioning whether the Trump administration "really means it" when the president and other officials promise to denuclearize North Korea.

Speaking with Axiosin an interview published Sunday, Bolton accused President Trump of bluffing on the vow to rid the hermit nation of nuclear weapons, saying the White House "would be pursuing a different course" if the pledge were true.

"The idea that we are somehow exerting maximum pressure on North Korea is just unfortunately not true," he said, calling the Trump administration's assertion that the country cannot have nukes a "rhetorical policy."

If North Korea follows through on it's promised "Christmas gift" for the United States, which some believe is a sign that the country could resume long-distance missile tests, Bolton believes the White House should do something "that would be very unusual."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rhetorical-policy-bolton-says-trump-administration-is-bluffing-on-vow-to-denuclearize-north-korea/ar-BBYfP6p?li=BBnb7Kz

Not on the Trump train I guess.