As for nuclear weapons, their deployment and command and control, Bolton also expressed strong feelings, saying, "The reason people are even talking about countries like South Korea or Japan getting nuclear weapons is because they think under Obama, our nuclear umbrella is disappearing and that, if we’re not going to provide that deterrent capability, they need to provide it for themselves. The strongest argument against other countries getting weapons is, we're going to take care of that. Underneath that umbrella, countries like Japan and South Korea do have an obligation, I think, to do more than they're doing now. Obama doesn't push them, or encourage them to do that because he doesn't care about our national security, or that of our allies, either."