apparently unable to take the next step in moving towards the goal of denuclearizing north korea before he left annoy vietnam today trump said that the north korean leader wanted all economic sanctions lifted but tonight north korea has rebuked trump saying the request was only for lifting part not all of the sanctions it's a reminder of how difficult denuclearization is no matter how many nuclear weapons are concerned north korea is thought to have a fairly small arsenal an estimated ten to twenty warheads now compare that to the number the u.s. or russia has more than six thousand you can see right there just a dwarf so it's not just about the number of nukes it's about who can launch the kim jong un wants the same sions against his country lifted goals the two sides