The problem with Trump's administration is the inability of those surrounding him to come to grips that he won the election and their constant determination to undermine him, which is exactly what the impression I got from Bolton's comments. I don't think that's a message Trump wanted him to send, it's just part of the establishment quo trying to destroy him, they don't want him to be president let alone win a NOBLE Peace prize. I think Pence's comment was reminiscence of their stand prior to the peace talks. It's pretty clear that N Korea's neighbors don't want him shooting weapons over their heads in test mode...what happens if one fails? N Korea in that aspect is just asking for it. I don't think N Korea has much to worry about in the way of becoming the next Libya, if Hillary was president she would be that stupid but China is never ever going to allow a democracy on it's borders and it's what China thinks that matters not some has been Bolton looking to score brownie points disparaging the current administration. It's to bad people can't sit back and chill like the rest of us have had to do when we end up on the losing end of a election. The middle east probably wouldn't be in the dire straits it's in right now if Gore had gotten his due and Bush hadn't stole the election.

As far as the comment:

whose vastly disproportionate wealth is propped up with the barrel of a gun

That's just ignorant to say, there has never been anything stopping any country from colonial times like the US to build a prosperous nation off the backs of hard working people. Look at all these countries now all undermining the US successes by undercutting wages to draw away jobs then to be creative enough to do something on their own, I know it's not exclusively at their fault, we have politicians and corporations just as much to blame. This is why they fight Trump.