persons and supports our maximum pressure campaign to isolate the murderous regime. bill: there was president trump yesterday talking about north korea saying this now clears the way for more sanctions on the regime. john bolton, how are you doing, sir? good morning to you. some had wondered why this wasn t done earlier. what is your take? i wondered why president george w. bush was persuaded by secretary condy rice to take korea off the state sponsor of terrorism list in 2008. bill: did they think they were changing their ways? this is where the real mistake comes in. they clearly thought they could affect north korean negotiating behavior. it was all wrong. north korea lied to us when they were on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, they lied to us when they were taken off the list. now they ll be put back on and they ll lie to us again. this is an evidence of the character, the nature of the north korean regime.