Rubio defends Trump on North Korea: ‘No deal is better than a bad deal’

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Thursday defended President Trump, saying that “no deal is better than a bad deal” after a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended without an agreement.

“#KJU is ruthless killer & brutal tyrant. But when he needs to be, he is good at acting charming & reasonable. Thankfully @POTUS didn’t fall for a deal involving meaningless #NorthKorea measures in exchange for meaningful U.S. concessions. No deal is better than a bad deal,” Rubio tweeted.

#KJU is ruthless killer & brutal tyrant. But when he needs to be, he is good at acting charming & reasonable. Thankfully @POTUS didn’t fall for a deal involving meaningless #NorthKorea measures in exchange for meaningful U.S. concessions.

No deal is better than a bad deal.

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 28, 2019

Earlier Thursday, talks between Trump and Kim in Hanoi, Vietnam, came to an abrupt end after Kim demanded sanctions against North Korea be lifted entirely before beginning denuclearization, Trump said.

{mosads}“It was about the sanctions,” Trump said at a news conference. “Basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn’t do that. They were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas we wanted, but we couldn’t give up all of the sanctions for that.

“Sometimes you have to walk,” Trump added. “This was one of those times.”