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Good glide path. the president had referred to kim jong-un as honorable at one point, referred to the release of the three american detainees who were held improperly by north korea as a gracious step and now we have this potential impasse. the rocket man perhaps trying to torpedo the summit. sarah sanders was asked about this this morning here on the driveway of the north lawn and was saying this was not a surprise to the administration given the history of north korea being not always a, a sta...

Climate change, the travel ban. withdrawal from jcpoa. the nuclear agreement was highly flawed but still functional. and the jerusalem decision is another example of creating a solution to a problem we didnt have and in the process creating additional problems. >> it is something that past candidates and past administrations have said they would do and just kept pushing it off for the future. >> it is true, but a reason for that. congress passes the 95 jerusalem act, compelling the administratio...

Then. released three american hodges just days ago, so what has changed in this is not what president trump expected. hes tweeteded nearly two dozen teams since march about the summit and the progress hes made with kim. hes talked about winning a noble prize. he expected to be the one deciding whether to walk out. >> if the meeting is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting. its not going to be fair and reasonable and good, i will unlike past administrations, i will leave the table. ...

Solution to a problem we didnt have and in the process creating additional problems. >> it is something that past candidates and past administrations have said they would do and just kept pushing it off for the future. >> it is true, but a reason for that. congress passes the 95 jerusalem act. and in two previous administrations exercised that national security waiver. it is a fraught issues in all of the issues in the palestinian conflict. >> today the white house spokesperson was asked a numbe...

Occupation as opposed to a leader seeking independence. so its very much in israels interest to show as much restraint as possible to prevent this from spreading to all of the palestinians. >> right. which creates a bigger threat and you have hamas saying this march of return is the beginning of the end of the existence of israel which when your enemy says he wants to destroy you, israelis tend to take very seriously. >> but just keep in mind, thats hamass position. thats not the position of pal...

And manipulate. the reagan white house leaked a lot. theres a gossipy aspect to this which reflects how theres a breakdown in discipline because people feel like they want to influence policy, correct mistakes and you do have a president who its not just tone. you said that before. its absolutely true. he not only leaks to the press, but is also talking to outsiders. and he wants to operate in a very transparent way even without his name in the public domain. >> the twitter feed itself is like n...

Tension has not bubbled up to the top between pence and trump, the staff is at each others throats. trump staffers are concerned that pence is taking an outside role on the campaign trail and wary of his attempts to hire staffers, and the roles of the president and the vice president were more defined in previous administrations. i think the days of trump staffers have eaten up so much of this white house drama that it leaves a wide opening for vice president pence to move into a role usually ha...

That the president will change his mind and put the embassy in tel aviv? >> no. but what theyre trying to do is ramp up support for themselves now. what is interesting, youve seen our gulf allies, the saudis, the jordanians and others have been relatively quiet about this move. thats because theyre much more worried and iran and what iran is trying to do in the region and dominate the region than they are about the palestinians. so theres really been a seat change with the iranian aggression. ir...

Administrations combined this senate democrats have pushed for cloture votes, 30 hours of debate for each nominee more than the last four administrations i mentioned before. those are incredible numbers. 250 people are languishing waiting for confirmation. men and women qualified and capable to do their jobs at the department of state. were about to enter negotiations with north korea. we needfuly staffed departments in order to protect this country. democrats are being obstructionists and its g...

Has been burned by pyongyang for decades and decades. no administration has been able to gain control of this rogue regime. how are we to trust north korea as they have even invited south korean journalists to see the dismantling? >> youre right to be skeptical. the last three administrations have tried and failed to negotiate something that is in our national security interests. the north koreans are willing to talk and yet theyre not willing to keep to commitments that they make. so youre righ...