Page 12 - Libya Model News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Trump says no, we're not looking at the libya model. discuss. >> yeah. they're using the same phrase, libya model. but they mean different things. when john bolton said that at the end of april, he was saying the north koreans unload all their nukes, missiles, up front. and then we get the benefits. that's exactly what did happen. gadhafi gave up the elements of his centurifuge program. he was talking about essentially getting rid of gadhafi. now of course people are starting to put the two together. i think the north koreans weren't really that upset about bolton's comments. remember, they we...

Max, listen, you put out this tweet earlier. you said if trump isn't going to insist on libya's style of disarmament for north korea, does that mean he'll settle for an iran-style deal like the one he just trashed? "what's the answer to that question? >> nobody knows. that's the obvious question when he's saying i reject the libya-style disarmament that john bolton wants which is complete instant verifiable disarmament with no rewards up front so anything less than that you're getting to the territory of the iranian nuclear deal. he claimed that was inadequate. did not deal with other issues l...

Denuclearization. here it is. >> the model, if you look at that model with gadhafi, that was a total decimation. we went in there to beat him. now, that model would take place if we don't make a deal, most likely, but if we make a deal, i think kim jong-un is going to be very, very happy. i really believe he's going to be very happy. >> max, what is he talking about? >> that's a great question, don. it's actually frightening that the president of the united states does not know what the hell he's talking about because he's talking about the libya model being the overthrow of gadhafi in 2011. w...

Out of talks over the shall of denuclearization, the president also assuring kim jong-un he will remain in power if he abandons his nuclear weapons program. >> and contradicting john bolton, dismissing the notion of applying the so-called libya model. he was referring to the dismantling of the nuclear program and its weapons of mass destruction but the president seemed to be focused on the military operation that removed qadhafi eight years later. >> we have very much in mind the libya model from 2003, 2004. the libya program was much smaller, but that was basically the agreement that we made....

>> but is it a requirement that kim jong-un agree to give away the weapons before you give any kind of concession? >> i think that's right. i think we are looking at the libya model of 2003, 2004. >> the libyan model was a much different model. we decimated that country. we never said to gadhafi, oh, we are going to give you protection. we're going to give you military strength. we are going to give you these things. we went in and decimated him. >> now joining me is author of "nuclear showdown: north korea takes on the world," gordon chang is also a columnist for "the daily beast." the presid...