Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday that the U.S. is closer to nuclear war with North Korea than ever before, an example of America’s adversaries taking advantage of the “uncertainty” of President Donald Trump’s leadership.
“Those that would do us ill seem to be able to take advantage of the uncertainty as well, and you mentioned both Russia and China, and my expectations that will continue to be the case for them as well as Iran and North Korea,” Mullen told Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”
“We’re actually closer, in my view, to a nuclear war with North Korea and in that region than we have ever been.”
Mullen, a retired admiral who served as chairman under both President George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said he has watched top administration officials like national security adviser H.R. McMaster, Defense Secretary James Mattis and White House chief of staff John Kelly try to quell some of the uncertainty by getting the president to make decision that go against his instinct.
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