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Davidig faceus is back. >> are you worried that trump is trying to play an advantage with some of the photo-ops and scenes that weve been seeing. >> i amoncerned. the summit is nine days away and weve changed strategy. the president is saying hes for a phased denuclearization, that were going into a negotiating process, that kim jong-un is basically, you know, very sincere. now, look, these are positions we should have taken position. we should have a strategy. i dont think we have a strategy. t...

Work together, but pompeo should take the lead. hes the one that knows kim jong-un. hes the one thats been there. he opened the intelligence channel. he should be given the main role. this is diplomacy, negotiations. >> if the summit does not happen, does that necessarily mean that we are headed to some sort of military action down the road? >> well, ive always said bloody nose theory early in the administration, the preemptive military strike, thats not going to work. i dont think thats a viabl...

Front, the most intrusive inspections regimes in history, thats a very high bar. here is an opportunity to reset expectations before a meeting which i still hope happens. >> governor, what do you do if youre secretary of state mike pompeo now. the day before the president pulled out of talks he seemed optimistic they would happen and then this and he was left to answer before it before a senate committee. >> well, what i would do, if im secretary pompeo, is i would go to the president and say, m...

Operating in such delicate and potentially consequential parts of the world like north korea with a team that is led by a commander in chief who isnt disciplined himself? how do you get the national security team to sing off a single song sheet when the guy at the top is incapable of it? >> well, thats the problem. the president shoots from the hip. he tweets. he goes off on press conferences. then youve got, you know, probably competing advisers competing for his ear. youve got the secretary of...

He tweets. he goes off on press conferences. then youve got, you know, probably competing advisers competing for his ear. youve got the secretary of state, who has actually met kim jong-un twice. hes been there. hes negotiated. he established the intelligence channel. then youve got john bolton who, you know, purportedly has been very skeptical of these negotiations for a long time. but the fact that they both publicly said, well, that pompeo has said, we can negotiate with this guy, but then he...

Hes negotiated. he established the intelligence channel. then youve got john bolton who, you know, purportedly has been very skeptical of these negotiations for a long time. but the fact that they both publicly said, well, that pompeo has said, we can negotiate with this guy, but then hes contradicted even by the vice president, talking about the libya model. and then john bolton. and then the north koreans react. you know, im not defending the north koreans, here they release three americans ab...

Mongolia has been raised, and i think this shows the involvement of mike pompemomenpompeimoment . i think as he comes on as secretary the state, well hear more about his roles. >> this is whether many, when the talks were initially agreed to by the president, expected would have happened and should have happened before there was a summit between president trump and kim jong-un. >> thats right. look, you dont just have a summit between two leaders with so many tough issues, particularly denuclear...