'Eliminate North Korea': Trump adviser John Bolton floats 'doable' plan for China to 'reunite...

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42. That might be a starting negotiation position

But one where we could likely meet in the middle.

1. Viable in the absence of a North Korea
2. Viable in the absence of a North Korea
3. We already have incredibly open trade with China. We might get this simply by agreeing to not squeeze them on trade.
4. Maybe. You'd likely have to negotiate on a reef by reef basis.
5. Totally viable
6. I think Korea would support this, and we could probably even go further without endangering Taiwan. For example, we could be willing to declare a moratorium on military drills with Taiwan.
7. That's the only one that wouldn't fly at all.

I'd also point out to that the likely alternative to China deciding that North Korea needs to go is a massive and crippling military exchange across the 42nd parallel, resulting in millions of deaths and potentially irradiation that would make Chernyobl and Fukushima look like children's science experiments in comparison.