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Really following up on what governor richardson says that north korea has already gotten a lot of concessions like the very fact that this summit is being held. what do you think kim wants out of this day or so in singapore? >> certainly kim wants the photographs of him shaking hands with president trump because thats legitimization and even more important that means he solidifies role at home. we are going to see pictures of trump and kim for decades in north korea. so, you know, president trum...

Their nuclear missile program, not contain it, and i think hes got north korea and chinas attention. >> certainly kim wants the photographs of him shaking hands with president trump because thats legitimate and even more important that means he solidifies his rule at home. we will see those pictures of trump and kim for decades in north korea. so you know, president trump gives up a lot of leverage as soon as he shakes hands with kim. >> to gordons point there at the end, at the beginning of thi...

Its possible a year or two, when we want to deal with the other issues, maybe the leverage isnt there and the north koreans around at the table. mark: china, china is not going to sit and watch all this. china is invested in north korea. china is invested in the nuclear program. they wouldnt even have a nuclear program but for china and despite the sanctions, china still cheats. weve seen the satellite pictures with the oil freighters on the high seas and so forth. whats chinas deal here? what d...

Dismantle nuclear weapons program but certainly doesnt look like that way, president trump and secretary of state pompeo have been lowering expectations saying its really a meet and greet, the first of the beginning of summits an long process. heather: we heard that president trump is going to invite kim jong un to mar-a-lago, we heard that kim jong un has personally invited president trump to come to pyongyang, so obviously theyre anticipating this and moving forward? >> certainly. one thing th...

This a long time with the president. this seems to be the latest example of who would have thunk it. its not normal. we never see these things before but here we go again. high stress time. i think its unclear whether his objective is to get leverage on kim jong-un. im not sure its going to work. now i have the leverage who can hold it over trump if he doesnt want two failed summits in a row. >> shepard: foreign policy greats, people who have been watching -- think the western alliance is import...

And verifiable dismantlement and irreversible dismantlement. because there hasnt a budge and north korea is willing to talk the ball is still in play. >> harris: thats interesting. how much leverage does the united states have with its military? david, i had general tata on earlier brigadier general with the army retired now, he said you know what? we have a lot. they nosy we will use it. but they have something, too. >> sure, we have a lot of leverage. we are the most powerful military in the w...

Trade war with americas closest allies, the president is ruffling feathers to create leverage with canada and méxico. >> president trump does feel like he had a mandate. his direction was a direct response from what we saw with president obama, americans like we were weak on the world stage and they elected someone who had a position of strength who said that im going to go in, im going shake things up, im going the change sort of the global status quo that we have been seeing that americans we...

Allies. >> well, paying attention to the 2016 elect. because as you mentioned, president trump does feel like he had a mandate. look, his election was a direct response to what we saw from president obama where americans felt like we were weak on the world stage. and they elected someone who had a position of strength who said that im going to go in. im going to shake things up. im going to change sort of the global status quo that weve been seeing that americans were dissatisfied with. look, if...

Very blelligerent in their language. after that, they realized they had over played their hand. they were used to sending out these threats to the united states and international community and people sloughing it off. and here president trump said, no, im not sloughing it off. im withdrawing from the summit. that showed them it was a very different attitude in washington. because youre starting to see -- its across the political spectrum. theyre really worried about what north korea can do to th...

I wrote it down. glee club of opposition, those people resisting the president. its a bigger picture than what this president has put into play or this back and forth with trudeau and our president. because canada does not have the leverage in this. when you look at the numbers of 20% of g.d.p. they depend on us. this is not an even playing field for them or for us. talk to moo about who has the leverage. >> thats right. absolutely we do. we are not being unfair with it. we are not being broodis...