US Deep State blocking Trump’s efforts to establish peace on Korean peninsula: Analyst

The US Deep State is attempting to frustrate President Donald Trump’s efforts to establish peace on the Korean peninsula, says E. Michael Jones, an American political analyst in Indiana.

Jones, a writer, former professor, media commentator and the current editor of the Culture Wars magazine, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Saturday.

On Friday, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said that President Trump had not asked the Pentagon for options to reduce American forces deployed to South Korea.

John Bolton’s statement came a day after after The New York Times reported that the US president was seeking options to curb the number of American troops stationed in South Korea.

"The New York Times story is utter nonsense. The President has not asked the Pentagon to provide options for reducing American forces stationed in South Korea," Bolton said.

PressTV-US will not decrease forces in S Korea: Bolton

US National Security Adviser says that President Donald Trump has not asked the Pentagon for options to reduce US forces based in South Korea.

Commenting to Press TV Jones said, “This sounds like a replay of what has just happened in Syria. As soon as Trump announces that he wants to remove troops from somewhere, he is automatically contradicted by the Deep State or its prime representative in this incident John Bolton.”

“What we see here is a continuous clash between Trump and the government he is purporting to lead. Whenever he makes some type of attempt to reduce the number of troops, the Deep State intervenes,” he added.  

“This is going to be a crucial issue right now, because right now he is claiming -- as one of his greatest triumphs -- that he has brought North and South Korea together. If they refuse to allow any type of drawdown of troops, that will end whatever rapprochement that can be between North and South Korea, that will be the end of the deal, that will be the end of his legacy, that will be the end of his presidency pretty much,” the analyst noted.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last month agreed for a meeting with US President Donald Trump after the former CIA Director, now the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, met with Kim secretively in North Korea.

During their first summit in more than a decade, the two leaders stated that they would seek an agreement to establish "permanent" and "solid" peace on the Korean peninsula.

The landmark declaration also includes pledges to pursue military arms reduction, cease "hostile acts," turn their fortified border into a "peace zone," and seek multilateral talks with other nations, such as the US.

During the April 27 meeting with Moon, Kim reportedly said he would give up his nuclear weapons if the US pledges not to invade his country.

Trump said that Americans should be "proud" of the progress being made towards establishing peace on the Korean peninsula.

He hailed the meeting between the two Korean leaders as an end to the Korean War, which ended in 1953 when the two countries signed the ceasefire – the Korean Armistice Agreement.  

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