Former U.S. President Donald Trump has denied that he would allow North Korea to keep its nuclear weapons if reelected next year, following a report that he is considering a plan to offer sanctions relief under an arms control deal.

Trump made the denial on Wednesday in response to a Politico article that said the former president is entertaining a plan “to let North Korea keep its nuclear weapons and offer its regime financial incentives to stop making new bombs,” citing three people “briefed on his thinking.”