Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, now a CNN contributor, said Sunday that he does not foresee a scenario where North Korea relinquishes its nuclear weapons.
Clapper’s assessment came as CIA Director Mike Pompeo reiterated Sunday that the Trump administration’s goal was to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Pompeo touted a unanimous United Nations Security Council vote earlier this month to increase sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program and said the US had seen China join the US in demanding that Pyongyang denuclearize.
«We’ve seen the Chinese now say for among the first times that they believe the correct answer has to be a denuclearized peninsula, » Pompeo said on «Fox News Sunday.»
He added, «That’s exactly the policy of the Trump administration.»
Tensions between North Korea and the United States have racheted up in recent weeks. President Donald Trump said he would respond to further threats from North Korea with «fire and fury, » and North Korea threatened to attack Guam, a US territory.
