Trump should use caution in North Korea talks: Condoleezza Rice
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised President Donald Trump for bringing North Korea to the table to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons.
“The president recognizes that no American president could allow the North Koreans to get a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the United States,” Rice told FOX Business’ Lou Dobbs on Tuesday.
The former National Security Advisor said the Trump administration was able to raise the stakes by pressuring China to help rein in North Korea.
“He said to the Chinese, this is not about you, do what you have to do to stop the North Koreans or the regime collapses. This is about potential war on the peninsula,” Rice said.
But Rice also urged Trump to enter negotiations with North Korea with a dose of skepticism given Kim Jong Un’s history.
“Never forget that this is a regime that murdered an American citizen just a short time ago and that this is a regime that is tough-minded in fact very cleverest,” she said.
Rice, author of the recently released book, “Political Risk,” said the sources behind the international political threats continue to multiply, challenging the ideals of democracy instilled to the world by the United States.
“The United States has been the guardian of a political order that we helped to create after World War II,” Rice said. “It was a political order though, very much dependent on the United States and American military power to protect free markets and free peoples.”