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Bigger nuclear button. he says those insults were by design. listen to what he told sean hannity -- >> i think without the rhetoric we wouldnt have been here. i believe that. we did sanctions and of the things you would do. other administrations -- i dont want to get specific on that -- butad a p silence. if they saidhing very bad, threatening and horrible, just dont answer. thats not the answer. thats not what you have to do. i think the rhetoric, i hate to do it, sometimes i felt foolish doing...

Take a look. >> this goes to the beginning. there were lots of people, critics, quickly saying when you said little rocket man or fire and fury, or, when he said, i have a red button on my desk, he said, my its bigger and it s better than yours. how did it evolve from that, to this? because he did say from the very beginning, we are basically going to start over. that has been building behind the scenes. >> without the rhetoric wee wouldnt have been here, i really believe that. we did sanctions ...

If they said something very bad and very threatening and horrible, just dont answer. thats not the answer. thats not what you have to do. so i think the rhetoric -- i hate to do it, but sometimes i felt foolish doing it but we had no choice. >> sandra: i hear you laughing, marie, because hes referencing back to the administration for which you work that didnt get kim to the table. >> democratic and republican administrations have failed with north korea. i like the idea of trying something new a...

Summit. as a matter fact, the president talked about in the sean hannity interview. he said in the past when north korea did something ative, american presidents were too silent. het was the wrong way to pretty is that sometimes he felt a little foolish going over the top with this stuff but he wanted to get to a place where they felt ft they hado talk. aura: hannity asked about the rhetoric. lets watch. >> well, i think without the rhetoric, we wot have been here. i really believe that. we did ...

Recognized is that kind of provocative talk leadd to thein summit. s the present even talked about that in the hannity interview. he said in the past they were too silent, and he said sometimes he felt a little foolish going over the top of some of this stuff. but he wanted to get to a place where he and the north koreans feltle they had to talk. i really did believe we did sanctions and all of the things we did.th but i think without the rhetoric, other administrations, i dont want to get speci...

Evolved and how important a role that rhetoric played it. take a look. >> this goes to the beginning. there were lots of people, critics, quickly sg when you set up a little rocket man or a fire andury, or, when he said, i have a red button on my desk, he said, my its bigger and it works better than yours. how did it evolve from that, to this? that has been building behind the scenes. hout rhetoric we wouldnt have been here, i really believe that. we did sanctions and all the things that we woul...

Made major surprise openings. to me it really empowers china, too. i would love to hear evan talk about it because china will now become the great regional player. >> no doubt about it. before we go to evan, here is donald trump last night heaping more praise on kim jong-un. >> other administrations i dont want to get specific on that but they had a policy of silence. if they said something very bad, very threatening and horrible, just dont answer. thats not the answer. thats not what you have t...

So i think were hearing a lot of complaining and i understand hes on the way out of the door, but one senator could upend the thing. weve seen rand paul do it time and again. so if hes that mad, go for it. but i dont think hell go all of the way. >> and turning back to the north korean deal and joan listen to some sound from president trump in which he seems to be suggesting that the harsher rhetoric we heard from him about kim jong-un last year was not how he really felt, but he felt like he ne...

Sean: a lot of people, critics, quickly saying when you said little rocket man or fire and fury or, you know, when he said oh, i have got a red button on my desk. you said mine is bigger and it works better than yours. how did it evolve from that to this because he did say at the very beginning were going to basically start over and what that has been building behind the scenes. >> well, i think without the rhetoric, we wouldnt have been here. i really believe that we did sanctions and all of th...

Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> melissa: that is just a taste of some of the tough talk that president trump had for north korean dictator in the past year. despite the heat, the president took from his detractors, he tells sean hannity that such language got kim jong un to the negotiating table.>> think with, we wouldnt have been here. i really believe that. we did sanctions and all of the things that you would do. i think without the rhetoric, other admini...