John Bolton is a avid fan of the “Hulk Smash” methodology of foreign policy and treaty negotiations. If you look at the photo shown below of an April 9, Trump Cabinet meeting where Trump is saying that he will do all he can to make a Treaty happen. In the background stands John Bolton whose facial expression seems to depict sadness and disappointment as Trump speaks. Kim Jung Un and most of the North Korean leadership have an intense dislike of John Bolton. They say that Bolton’s “Libyan Model” of a desired method and treaty is the Ideal model for the U.S. should replicate for North Korean is the main reason that the summit talks have been abandoned. The outcome of the Libyan Treaty outcome left Libya’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi dead from head injuries resulting from an exploding grenade and then bleeding out from a severe stab wound from a bayonet attack by rebels.This is not the type of outcome that Kim Jung Un wants to have repeat.

Trump wants all options available not just Bolton’s Libyan Model. Kim Jung Un knows that he can broker a treaty with South Korea, Japan, China, and Russia. Kim Jung Un feels that ultimately, it’s nice if the U.S. joins in but it’s not necessary.