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Endorsement of that criticism from the north korean dictator of joe biden. instead he said he agrees with his assessment and he doubled down on what he said on twitter a day before. a comment that sparked controversy and rebuke from not only democrats and critics of the president but also some republicans as well who said the president should not be criticizing a former vice president while overseas and especially not in this situation where hes siding with the north korean dictator over that. b...

That, look, these personal attacks are not a way to do business. what is clear here, poppy, is that the president thinks that it is a way to do business. larrudlowallyd it was connected to the summit in singapore and that his allies, especially justin trudeau, made him look weak in the face of that. at issue still, poppy, those important trading relationships front and center is nafta. both sides told me they did make progress on nafta and were supposed to get back to work later this week to try...

Joseph eun. are you surprised that this one on one meeting between president trump and kim jong-un, which most people -- most observers say is probably the most crucial part of all of this, it is going to go on for -- scheduled for some two hours, which is a lot of time between two world leaders and just with their translators. >> frankly, im a little surprised. it is so long. usually this kind of meeting will be off schedule, you know. they wouldnt publicize so heavily one on one meeting, also ...

Out to them, start a process going. youve gone from fire and fury to here, get this process going and i think that thats probably, even though the president has had to lower his expectations, i think thats probably a smarter way of managing it. the one thing i would say is that the north koreans are experts at this kind of dragging it out. so i think, you know, the real challenge for the u.s. and for president trump is to really convince kim jong un at this one summit or series of meetings and i...

Scheduling. thats very interesting. >> joseph eun, thank you very much. >> president trump next, warning of of and coming up, a woman who has negotiated directly with the iranians. into retirement.

Ambassador joseph eun, north korean envoy retired. so we dont have people that can advise president trump on this meeting. >> your colleague was by all accounts going to be the next ambassador to south korea. hes no longer in the running, he wrote in the "new york times," failed negotiations at the summit level leave all parties with no other recourse for diplomacy. what are the risks here if this meeting happens? i think thats very much an if and they dont go well, what does that mean for the p...

An expert set of officials. make sure we have the staff in place that have done these negotiations before. they are prepared to negotiate jointly with our allies. and to really drive a hard bargain. >> victor chas nomination as ambassador to south korea was withdrawn, as you know. joseph eun, the top envoy just recently announced his retirement. who is going to be informing the presidents decision? who is going to be coaching president trump as he gets ready for this face-to-face summit, again, ...