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Why can he be so competenfident is the right move when in october efts telling his own secretary of state that it would be a waste of time to talk directly? >> i think it is really clear that they misplayed it or we wouldnt be in the position that we are in. the president wouldnt be having to clean up the mistakes of the previous three administrations. the president is getting promises out of north korea that havent been made in any recent years. and again, we are going to continue the maximum p...

He likes to do things differently. if you advise him, past administrations have done x, y, z, the president like to go k. he goes in a very different direction. he is pleased with that. you can see that playing into his decision to accept a meeting like this. we still have so many questions surrounding this. its important to keep that in mind that the white house is not given any indication of when, where this meeting would happen. so we do not know for sure that this meeting would happen. just ...

Determin determined through the national security and intelligence community. >> the president has said that his predecessors have mishandled this. why can he be so confident this is the right move when just in october he was telling his own secretary of state it would be a waste of time? >> i think its clear they misplayed it or we wouldnt be in the position were in. the president wouldnt be having to clean up the mistake of the previous three administrations. the president is getting promises ...

Administrations have done x, y and z, the president likes to do "k "k." you can see that playing in his decision here to accept a meeting like this. we still have many questions surrounding this. its important to keep that in mind, that the white house has not given any indication of when this meeting will happen. we do not know this meeting would happen. just a few days ago, the president was expressing skepticism about something like this happening at all. >> theres a lot of ground to cover be...

President. >> north korean government has made promises before. they have reneged on those promises. the two prior administrations. what is different now? why should we trust kim jung-un now? >> again, because the united states is going to continue that maximum pressure campaign. we are making no concessions. and we are not going to move forward until we see concrete and verified actions taking place by north korea. we are also operating from a position of strength that we havent had in previous...

President trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet kim jong un by may. >> now, shortly after that the national security council held a conference call to kind of walk us through the background ofro all of this and where it goes from here. asked why the president didnt start with lower level talks the national security spokesperson said other administrations have tried lower level talks with north korea and they have gone nowhere. so the president thought that he would jump in with b...

To prior administrations what is different now? why should we trust kim jong-un now? >> again, because the united states is going to continue that maximum pressure campaign. were making no concessions. were not going to move forward until we see concrete and verified actions taking place by north korea. were also operating from a position of strength that we havent had in previous administrations due to the maximum pressure campaign, not just by the united states. lets not forget that china, sou...

Secretary of state that would be a waste of time to talk directly. >> i think its clear they misplayed it or we wouldnt be in the position were in. the president wouldnt be having to clean up the mistakes of the previous three administrations. the president is getting promises out of north korea that havent been made in any recent years. again, we are going to continue the maximum pressure campaign to make sure that they follow-through on these commitments. john? >> who would he like to have wit...

It was no question what the consequences would be if kim jong un continued what he was doing in firing these missiles. he was precipitating a crisis. the president would strike. it would have happened. it was inevitable. >> absolutely. sean, a couple points on this. you know, one of the lessons a lot of these hostile geopolitical actors learned around the world after the iraq war was never, ever go to war with the united states without nuclear weapons. you will be annihilated and annihilated qui...

President trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet kim jong un by may. >> now, shortly after that the national security council held a conference call to kind of walk us through the background of all of this and where it goes from here. asked why the president didnt start with lower level talks the national security spokesperson said other administrations have tried lower level talks with north korea and they have gone nowhere. so the president thought that he would jump in with bot...