President Donald Trump reaches to shake hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un during their historic summit on June 12 in Singapore. The White House has continued to push Kim to live up to the commitments he made in a statement signed after the meeeting. | AP Photo White House not ‘starry-eyed’ about North Korea, Bolton says

No one is the Trump administration is "starry-eyed" about of North Korea actually giving up its nuclear stockpile, according to White House national security adviser John Bolton.

President Donald Trump is giving Pyongyang "a master class of how to hold the door open for somebody," Bolton said on "Fox News Sunday.“


The remarks come after Trump sent another letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The two leaders met in Singapore in June.

"We’re going to have see performance from the North Koreans, there’s no question about it," Bolton said, adding recent reports that the regime would denuclearize in a year stems from Kim telling the White House he will decide within a year whether he will give up nuclear weapons.

Bolton declined to say if the U.S. is seeing evidence of North Korea moving to give up its arsenal.

"Unfortunately, I can't talk about intelligence."

However, he said, Trump is "doing everything he can" to emphasize how life would be different for the regime if it were to give up its nuclear weapons.

Trump is doing the "best salesman’s job he can on that point."

Also speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was dubious that anything was going to be accomplished.

“I do not believe that he is ever going to give up his nuclear arsenal,” Rubio said of Kim, predicting the leader would offer a “series of unilateral concessions” such as destroying facilities that are no longer necessary

Rubio, who sits on the Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees, said Trump is “hoping for the best but prepared for the worst” and urged the administration to stay engaged with allies in the region.

