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Lens of either kim jong-un or donald trump. but this is a different administration in south korea. they have a different -- previous administrations in south korea would have not even brought a letter like that to an american because they wouldnt have wanted -- they wouldnt see it in their interest to see this happen. this is a different south korea right now, correct? >> this is. and i must say, president moon has been extremely good about handling this. what i like about him is he said the sam...

Abnormal that you would have people come and go. >> if this is not the definition of chaotic, how would you describe whats happening in these recent weeks? >> if it was, then i dont think we would be able to accomplish everything that weve done. >> back now with the panel. dana, sarah sanders says this is totally normal. >> i mean -- >> the turnover rate is far higher. >> its far higher. its far higher. thats just a fact. democratic-republican administrations, its almost twice as much in the sam...

>> if this is not the definition of chaotic, how would you describe whats happening in these recent weeks? >> if it was, then i dont think we would be able to accomplish everything that weve done. >> back now with the panel. dana, sarah sanders says this is totally normal. >> i mean -- >> the turnover rate is far higher than -- >> its far higher. its far higher. thats just a fact. democratic-republican administrations, its almost twice as much in the same period of time, theres no question. look...

Holding our trading partners to task for what he considers to be abusive behavior. but by continuing to come back to this idea of well be flexible and well make exceptions but failing to be specific about what those are, hes adding to the uncertainty here, and hes adding to his responsibility, his challenge in showing that this is a policy that is workable. not just conceptually, the way he talked about it in the campaign, but actually in practice. >> in most administrations if you have a big de...

What about the new scrutiny on this mysterious meeting between informal trump adviser erik prince and a russian banker close to putin possibly to set up a back-channel to russia? as an intelligence guy, what stood out to you about this? anything? >> well, this is just another example of this surreptitious, you know, cops and robbers, inspector clousseau stuff, which is completely unnecessary if, in fact, the dialogue was going to be legitimate. there is really no reason to set up a secret back-c...

China. establish a well-placed jab at china. set them back. let them know we mean business. >> schumer says that president trump has done a better job of identifying the target, china, much better than the bush and obama administrations did. its not often you hear that kind of praise coming from the senate democratic leader about this particular president, trace. >> trace: yeah, i took a double take on that. thanks, mike. were expecting president trump to sign off on his proposed tariffs any mom...

Five administrations. if this is not the definition of chaotic, how would you describe whats happening in these recent weeks? >> if it was, then i dont think we would be able to accomplish everything that weve done. >> reporter: one of the reasons for some of those departures, aides who still have not passed a background check to access classified information. the president campaigning on protecting the nations top secrets. >> we cant have someone in the oval office who doesnt understand the mea...

Now. there is an enormous amount of turnover going on at this white house. its only going to get worse with gary cohn meeting. mcmaster our reporting indicates is going to be leaving next. yes, its incredibly difficult to recruit people for this white house, and throw in more, you know, drama in the news cycle, not to mention all the drama thats created internally, but the external drama too. the white house just does not have the allure that it has in past administrations for people who really ...

Arbitration. >> shannon, despite the presidents words yesterday, is the truth that this administration is having a hard time filling and keeping west wing jobs filled, and is a news cycle like today part of the reason why? >> its a record level of turnover. its about 40% turnover rate so far in this presidency. theres vacancies on top of vacancies on top of vacancies. theres people doing three jobs, four jobs, in this administration. chief of staff john kelly is without deputies. hes a man doing...

House. its only going to get worse with gary cohn meeting. mcmaster our reporting indicates is going to be leaving next. yes, its incredibly difficult to recruit people for this white house, and throw in more, you know, drama in the news cycle, not to mention all the drama thats created internally, but the external drama too. the white house just does not have the allure that it has in past administrations for people who really are at the top of their game. >> always excellent, thank you so much...