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U.s. losing leverage in the process and getting way less verification of whatever you do get in the end, the u.s. losing influence. remember, were already seeing china meeting with kim jong-un and suddenly thing seem to change for the u.s. after that. you see russia yesterday with kim jong-un. all of a sudden theyre saying, oh, denuke saig is a long phase in process where north korea could get sanctions releases along the way. hes standing next to kim jong-un saying that. that is the opposite of...

Ratchet down total denuclearization to were just getting to know each other. he has also, over the last week or so, ratcheted up the level of drama around just getting the meeting set. my own theory is one of the reasons he sent that letter last week, canceling the meeting, was to make it appear that it was harder to get the people to the table so at the end of the day it looks like more of an accomplishment to have the meeting take place at all. sort of a letter saying hey, nice talking to you....

>> north korea in the past has been deceitful. analysts say its just a show, theres no way they actually completely destroyed a tunnel there. the north koreans also have now a photo op in the oval office. the u.s. is going to hold off on more possible sanctions. what do you think of the strategy leading up to the summit? >> listen, i think the president of the united states has given up a bit of leverage on the front end of this, hes making a bargain or bet thats going to produce an outcome on t...

Realize. abby: give you some real leverage. thats good news. also that happened yesterday. other potential good news on the world stage. you had the number two man in north korea was supposed to deliver a note from kim jong un to president trump at the white house. you could see there a very big letter. we dont know exactly whats in it yet. supposed to be sort of a handoff. ended um being a two-hour meeting between these two. he came out with the president and talked with the media for a good 20...

Than that. we have to pay close attention to what secretary pompeo is saying. while he says on the one hand we make great progress, on the other hand, significant challenges and differences and i think what they are trying to do as in his words set the conditions. resolve differences so we can set up at least the first summit because likely to be more than that where there can be some success, where they can at least agree on a framework going forward. the president is really holding all the car...

Wants to u.s. to help save tale communication giant zte, we talked about last week you and i, reel in the terror threat, how do you this this playing out, tit for tat that may or may not be happening? >> you described it well. it may or may not be happening and this may be rope dope on chinas part. at the end to have sides want what both sides have wanted for years which is the u.s. side more access to chinas actors and protections against everybody from cyber-attacks to them being protectionist...

Possible summit between donald trump and putin pay what you think they should do? >> i think the present would keep in mind, the failures of the previous administration. the obama ministration believed russia was on our side. in syria. and when the russians said, was secretary lavrov told secretary kerry there was no military solution in syria, lavrov was lying about that. we know that russia does not have our best interest at heart. on the korean peninsula. i think the president knows that and ...

China really does flout a number of rules on issues like intellectual property. and so what we should be doing is building an alliance to maximize our leverage against china. and some of the countries wed want help with to get what we want done in china with china are countries like canada and the european union. but instead weve gone ahead and alienated them. were sort of firing off at everyone simultaneously, not focused on any concrete goal. >> so lets talk a little canadian trade deficit. it...

I think people have seen if you just give him a little sugar, it goes a very long way. i think the other thing were seeing here, chris, is hes really trying to do a little bit of a kamikaze kind of act here. i think he believes if he puts pressure on europe that europe will then follow through on sanctions on iran but what he doesnt understand is europe has leverage, as well. hes not the only one who has leverage. i think the europeans will retaliate. the next time he needs europe, europe will b...

And were going to have to see how that plays out and how president trump can use his leverage inside the negotiating room. i know that aides are concerned that whatever preparations are made before trump goes into that meeting, that president trump in order to get to a deal might be willing to give up more than aides around him have prepared him for. >> yeah, well put. catherine, victor cha, who is thankfully one of the experts we turn to here at msnbc, said tonight to nbc news that now is the t...