threat to kim jong-un. reporter: coutrump says it wa mistake for bolton to have angered his north korean friend by suggesting north korea could meet the fate of libya and its former dictator who turned over his nuclear material to the u.s. only to see the u.s. help bring him down. when he talked about the libyan model for kim jong-un, that was not a god statemeod sto make. it set us back. reporter: here is what bolton said last year. it is requirement that kim jong-un agree to give away the weapons before you give any kind of concession? i think that s right. i think we re looking at the libya model of 2003, 2004. reporter: north korea called that a sinister move and called bolton a warmonger. i don t blame kim jong-un for what he said after that and he wanted nothing to do with john bolton. reporter: the libya model