iran you re not going to need an exit strategy. i don t need exit strategies. can you tell us about your letter to chairman kim? just a nice letter back and forth. he wrote me a beautiful letter on my birthday. he wrote a beautiful letter, i thought it was very nice. two friendly letters. we get along very well. no mention of another meet something. maybe there was, at some point we ll do that. getting along very well. he s not doing nuclear testing. when i took over, when i became president, they were testing previous to that, they were doing testing so much. they were doing ballistic tests and nuclear tests. we didn t have our prisoners back, wen did the have a whole lot of things that are going wrong. now we have our hostages back, our prisoners back, they came back. we ve had as you know, the remains of the heroes, our great heroes from many years ago, that s coming back, and coming back as they find them and as they find the sites and the
president trump: you re not going to need an exit strategy. i don t need exit strategies. reporter: can you tell us about your letter to chairman kim. president trump: he wrote me a beautiful letter on my birthday. i thought it was very nice. friendly letters. we get along very well. reporter: another meeting? president trump: at some point, we ll do it. getting along very well. he s not doing nuclear testing. when i took over, when i became president, there was testing. previous to that, they were testing so much. they were doing ballistic tests and nuclear tests and we didn t have our prisoners back. we had a whole lot of things that were going wrong. now we have our hostages back or our prisoners back. they came back. we have ahead, as you know, the remains of the heroes, our great heroes coming back and coming back as they find them and as they find the sites and graves.
the president also boasted that if the u.s. went to war with iran, there would be no need for an exit plan. do you have any exit strategy for iran if war does break out. you don t need an exit strategy. i don t need exit strategies. reporter: jake, president trump making clear in an interview with hill tv that he may consult with members of congress if he decides to have an armed conflict with iran but that he does not need their approval. that may not sit well with lawmakers, including kentucky congressman rand paul who believes that any president has to act on foreign policy with congress s approval. jake. boris sanchez. thank you. joining me now is republican congressman adam kinzinger of illinois from the house and he flew missions as an air force pilot in iraq and afghanistan. congressman, thank you for joining us. you just heard president trump say that he doesn t need an exit strategy when it comes to iran. what is your reaction to that? i don t look too much into th
do you have an exit strategy for iran if war does break out? you re not going to need an exit strategy. i don t need exit strategies. can you tell us about your letter to chairman kim? just a nice letter back and forth. he wrote me a beautiful letter on my birthday last week. i thought it was very nice. two friendly letters. no mention of another meeting? maybe there was. but we you know, at some point we ll do that. getting along very well. he s not doing nuclear testing. when i took over, when i became president, there were testing previous to that, they were testing so much, doing ballistic tests and nuclear tests. we didn t have our prisoners back. a whole lot of things were going wrong. now we have our hostages back, our prisoners back. they came back. we ve had, as you know, the remains of the heroes, our great heroes from many years ago coming back and coming back as
to him. reporter: as the president is turning up the heat on tehran, one day after announcing new sanctions targeting iran supreme leader. asked if he has an exit strategy if war breaks out, trump claiming he doesn t need one. you don t need an exit strategy. i don t need exit strategies. reporter: and insisting that after he halted plans for a counter strike after the regime shot down an american drone, his threats of using military force haven t lost their punch. do they take your threats seriously. i think everybody does. i think you do, too. good-bye. reporter: meantime trump filling a critical posting in the west wing. naming first lady melania trump s communication director stephanie grisham as the new press secretary and communications director. so stephanie has been with me from the beginning as most of you know. and then over the last couple of years she s worked for the first lady, done a fantastic job. the first lady loves her. and i think she s been just