The Guardian reports:

Donald Trump has threatened Kim Jong-un with the same fate as Muammar Gaddafi if the North Korean leader “doesn’t make a deal” on his nuclear weapons programme.

The US president issued the threat at the White House when he was asked about the recent suggestion by his national security adviser, John Bolton, that the “Libyan model” be a template for dealing with North Korea at a summit between Trump and Kim planned for 12 June in Singapore.

The model Bolton was referring to was Gaddafi’s agreement in December 2003 to surrender his embryonic nuclear weapons programme, which included allowing his uranium centrifuges to be shipped out to the US.

But Trump appeared to be unaware of that agreement, and interpreted the “Libyan model” to mean the 2011 Nato intervention in Libya in support of an insurrection, which ultimately led to Gaddafi’s murder at the hands of rebels in Tripoli. [Continue reading…]

One big reason North Korea (and decades earlier, China) acquired nuclear weapons? Concern about US nuclear coercion and nuclear threats. Trump just gave Kim a reminder of why he needs to hang on to his "treasured sword." https://t.co/qtvBVSI7Ul

— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) May 17, 2018