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Will keep them safe. again, the consensus of what i am hearing from my sources, this all could be a very well orchestrated bluff, but it all should be taken very seriously primarily because the risk of miscalculation may be on one side or both sides is very big. >> sandra: thank you. for more on this, we want to bring in the asian director for the eurasia group. meredith, thank you for joining us today. as you just heard great detail, the consensus is the worst wont happen will, but the risks ar...

Can call president trumps bluff. as you mentioned, he used this fire and fury language suggesting that the next time the north koreans even threatened the united states, we would take devastating action against them. and when he set up that threat, he gave himself two very unpleasant pathways. on the one hand, theres the chance that the north koreans would call his bluff and show this is an empty threat, and on the other hand, he would follow through, and use a devastating amount of force on the...

That, and i think that greater care has to be taken. the president doesnt really feel the gravity of the responsibility of the office, and its surprising that with all of the comments made about dont tweet, dont say things off the cuff. dont ad lib. he is still ad libbing and one thing that strikes me, if you study, which i kept on my desk, if you have an opponent thats of temperamental character, irritate him. the question is, we have two temperamental characters. is president trump trying to i...

Working again. >> and good day, everyone, im andrea mitchell in washington. as the new jersey white house tries to start coordinating its north korea strategy, kim jong-un calls the presidents nuclear bluff threatening to attack guam or at least fire missiles around guam and dare the u.s. to shoot down those missiles after the state news agency calls the president senile and bereft of reason. kristen welker is in new jersey and ken delaney and nbc global correspondent bill neely in south korea a...

Threatened the united states, we would take devastating action against them. and when he set up that threat, he gave himself two very unpleasant pathways. on the one hand, theres the chance that the north koreans would call his bluff and show this is an empty threat, and on the other hand, he would follow through, and use a devastating amount of force on the korean peninsula. what the north koreans have done is suggest they may in a coercive demonstration of force, launch four missiles that will...

Whether they think its a lawful order or not, they wont do it. >> im sure the people on guam, 168,000 people, american citizens all, u.s. territory, are as surprised that they are in the news as we are to be talking about them. whats the significance of north korea using this specific number saying they are going to fire four missiles into the water around guam? whats that for? >> so thats actually a great question, brian, because in this supposed plan that the north koreans have put forward, th...

Care has to be taken. the president doesnt really feel the gravity of the responsibility of the office, and its surprising that with all of the comments made about dont tweet, dont say things off the cuff. dont ad lib. he is still ad libbing and one thing that strikes me, if you study, which i kept on my desk, if you have an opponent thats of temperamental character, irritate him. the question is, we have two temperamental characters. is president trump trying to irritate kim jong-un, or vice ve...

When you get to the at the top of the food chain, youre not only responsible for making sure we dont do anything immoral or illegal, but you are responsible for making sure we dont do anything stupid, and i think general mattis and some others are in a position to say no, whether they think its a lawful order or not, they wont do it. >> im sure the people on guam, 168,000 people, american citizens all, u.s. territory, are as surprised that they are in the news as we are to be talking about them....

He is still ad libbing and one thing that strikes me, if you study, which i kept on my desk, if you have an opponent thats of temperamental character, irritate him. the question is, we have two temperamental characters. is president trump trying to irritate kim jong-un, or vice versa? but in the meantime, we are ratcheting up the rhetoric, and secretary tillerson did a great job of tamping it down, but now we have the north koreans upping the ante. they are calling the presidents statement blust...

Presidency, of making empty threats. if hes going to say, listen, were going to go after them with fire and fury, were going to, you know, try to beef up and brag about our nuclear arsenal. in fact, its happening right now, regimes are either going to listen or try to call his bluff. and we sense thats exactly what north korea is doing right now. and apparently the rest of the world isnt really taking the president seriously. >> well, you know, americans are, though, right? this is something tha...