Pompeo expressed optimism about a path to denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in an interview for the podcast « Intelligence Matters, » ahead of its first-year anniversary as a production of CBS News
The full « Intelligence Matters » interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be available May 1, on iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher. « Intelligence Matters » celebrates its first anniversary as a CBS News production since its relaunch last May. Excerpts of the interview will air on « Red and Blue » on CBSN.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that ongoing nuclear talks with North Korea would be « bumpy » and « challenging » but expressed confidence about ultimately brokering a path to full denuclearization. He also dismissed a recent personal attack from a senior North Korean official — who last week called for a more « mature » interlocutor than Pompeo — as coming from a « mid-level guy. »
« We’ve been down this road a number of times with the North Koreans, » Pompeo said, referring to the talks. The U. S. had made missteps in the past when, Pompeo said, « we handed them a bunch of money in exchange for too little. » It’s not an error the Trump administration would repeat, he said, adding, « I think the North Koreans now see that pretty clearly.
