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Destruction he seemed to conflate that with libyas leader eight years later. in libya, we decimated that country. there was no deal to keep gadhafi. the libyan model that was mentioned was a much different deal. this would be with kim john united states hed be there in his country, running his country. we never said to gadhafi, oh, were going to give you protection queer going to give you military strength. we went in and decimated him. >> all right the libyan leader was overthrown a somebody me...

Then there was this mass destruction he seemed to conflate that with libyas leader eight years later. >> the libyan 340d el we dont have at all. in libya, we decimated that country. there was no deal to keep gadhafi. the libyan model that was mentioned was a much different deal. this would be with kim john united states hed be there in his country, running his country. we never said to gadhafi, oh, were going to give you protection queer going to give you military strength. we went in and decima...

Trump says no, were not looking at the libya model. discuss. >> yeah. theyre using the same phrase, libya model. but they mean different things. when john bolton said that at the end of april, he was saying the north koreans unload all their nukes, missiles, up front. and then we get the benefits. thats exactly what did happen. gadhafi gave up the elements of his centurifuge program. he was talking about essentially getting rid of gadhafi. now of course people are starting to put the two togethe...

States. he doesnt read his briefing papers. how can they stop him? >> im maybe a tad more sympathetic to trump on this one. i think in his very convoluted way, what hes trying to get at here is, you know, its commonly pointed out that if someone like -- if the north koreans are looking around the world at other examples of countries giving up their nuclear weapons, its not a pretty story, right? iraq gave up its nuclear and all its weapons of mass destruction and what happened to saddam hussein?...

Denuclearization. here it is. >> the model, if you look at that model with gadhafi, that was a total decimation. we went in there to beat him. now, that model would take place if we dont make a deal, most likely, but if we make a deal, i think kim jong-un is going to be very, very happy. i really believe hes going to be very happy. >> max, what is he talking about? >> thats a great question, don. its actually frightening that the president of the united states does not know what the hell hes tal...

President trump down playing any concerns as he does plan to sit down with north korean leader kim jong-un next month. and he says nothing has changed despite the rogue regimes demand that they end joint military drills with south korea. the president is warning kim, however, that he should make a deal. >> if you look at that model with gadhafi, that was a total dez phaeu d decimation. i think kim john unis going to be very, very happy. >> joining us now is gordon chang and john avlon.

About when gadhafi gave up num nuke lawyer capabilities. for basically nothing. >> he didnt have much. he gave it away and trade it for some kind of economic reform. we have a president entirely ahistoric am as if the united states is starting from scratch. without that historical basis, we say why not? and were stumbling into this very dangerous vision. the north korea has no intention to give up nuclear weapons. they never said theyre going to do it. because president trump isnt grounded in an...

Security adviser was talking about when gadhafi gave up num cheer capabilities for basically nothing. >> he didnt have much. he gave it away and trade it for some kind of economic reform. we have a president entirely ahistoric am as if the united states is starting from scratch. without that historical basis, we say why not? and were stumbling into this very dangerous vision. they never said theyre going to do it. because president trump isnt grounded in any kind of historic am realities, hes ab...

He talked about the libyan model from 2003-2004 and thats when libyan dictator gadhafi gave up libyas nuclear program for relaxation in sanctions. the north koreans read that differently. later on in 2011, 2012, the u.s. and the allies moved against gadhafi and he ended up being killed by rebels in the street. so if youre kim jong-un, that doesnt sound like a very good model and they said look, the last thing we want is the libyan model which is why the president was at pains yesterday to say we...

Incredible, the hostage release, open and honest, now that hes going to be very, very happy. what is the strategy here in bending over so deeply? >> i dont know that we have a strategy. i think, unfortunately, the president handed the reins over to kim jong-un on march 8th. you and i were together here when he agreed to a meeting without assessing the credibility of the offer, what we wanted to get out of it, how long it would take to actually prepare for a meeting. so he backed himself into a c...