North Korean defector: Trump absolutely right to walk away from Kim summit, says he’ll never give up nukes (Video)

By Jon Dougherty

A former ranking North Korean official who defected to the West praised President Donald Trump’s decision to walk away from his second summit with Chairman Kim Jong-un during talks in Hanoi, Vietnam, last week, saying it would have been wrong to lift billions of dollars’ worth of sanctions in exchange for Pyongyang shutting down just one nuclear facility.

Thae Yong Ho said in an interview with Fox News that the president â€œwas absolutely right that he cannot give up these sanctions unless Kim Jong-un promises even further denuclearization offers.”

Thae, from his new home in South Korea, added that POTUS was also correct in singling out additional nuclear sites he wanted Kim to dismantle as well as part of any long-term denuclearization effort that would eventually lead to major sanctions relief and, in the end, a safer peninsula and prosperity for North Koreans.

He also said that as long as the “clever” Kim remains in power, the best POTUS Trump can do is to contain “the nuclear evil.”

“Nuclear weapons are the last resort Kim Jong-un can rely on to continue his control of North Korea,” said Thae.

When asked if he believed Kim would ever be convinced to surrender his nuclear capability, Thae replied emphatically, “No. No. Not at all.”



